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Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops, but since September 2007 the firm has been hit by a series of scandals that, far from damaging the company, have led to an unprecedented period of expansion. This revised and updated edition includes Scahill's continued investigative work into one of the outrages of our time: the privatisation of war.…mehr
Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops, but since September 2007 the firm has been hit by a series of scandals that, far from damaging the company, have led to an unprecedented period of expansion.
This revised and updated edition includes Scahill's continued investigative work into one of the outrages of our time: the privatisation of war.
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Jeremy Scahill is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestsellers Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army and Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield. He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. He is a co-founder of The Intercept and has served as the National Security Correspondent for the Nation magazine and Democracy Now! Scahill is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award. He is a producer and writer of the award-winning film Dirty Wars, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
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From the contents: Author's Note 3.31.04 Preface: Making a Killing CHAPTER ONE THE LITTLE PRINCE CHAPTER TWO BLACKWATER BEGINS CHAPTER THREE FALLUJAH BEFORE BLACKWATER CHAPTER FOUR GUARDING BUSH'S MAN IN BAGHDAD CHAPTER FIVE SCOTTY GOES TO WAR CHAPTER SIX THE AMBUSH CHAPTER SEVEN "WE WILL PACIFY FALLUJAH" CHAPTER EIGHT NAJAF, IRAQ: 4.04.04 CHAPTER NINE "THIS IS FOR THE AMERICANS OF BLACKWATER" CHAPTER TEN MR. PRINCE GOES TO WASHINGTON CHAPTER ELEVEN CASPIAN PIPELINE DREAMS CHAPTER TWELVE BLACKWATER'S MAN IN CHILE CHAPTER THIRTEEN "THE WHORES OF WAR" CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE CRASH OF BLACKWATER 61 CHAPTER FIFTEEN COFER BLACK: THE GLOVES COME OFF CHAPTER SIXTEEN DEATH SQUADS, MERCENARIES AND THE "SALVADOR OPTION" CHAPTER SEVENTEEN JOSEPH SCHMITZ: CHRISTIAN SOLDIER CHAPTER EIGHTEEN BLACKWATER DOWN: BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU CHAPTER NINETEEN "THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE" Acknowledgments Notes Index
From the contents: Author's Note 3.31.04 Preface: Making a Killing CHAPTER ONE THE LITTLE PRINCE CHAPTER TWO BLACKWATER BEGINS CHAPTER THREE FALLUJAH BEFORE BLACKWATER CHAPTER FOUR GUARDING BUSH'S MAN IN BAGHDAD CHAPTER FIVE SCOTTY GOES TO WAR CHAPTER SIX THE AMBUSH CHAPTER SEVEN "WE WILL PACIFY FALLUJAH" CHAPTER EIGHT NAJAF, IRAQ: 4.04.04 CHAPTER NINE "THIS IS FOR THE AMERICANS OF BLACKWATER" CHAPTER TEN MR. PRINCE GOES TO WASHINGTON CHAPTER ELEVEN CASPIAN PIPELINE DREAMS CHAPTER TWELVE BLACKWATER'S MAN IN CHILE CHAPTER THIRTEEN "THE WHORES OF WAR" CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE CRASH OF BLACKWATER 61 CHAPTER FIFTEEN COFER BLACK: THE GLOVES COME OFF CHAPTER SIXTEEN DEATH SQUADS, MERCENARIES AND THE "SALVADOR OPTION" CHAPTER SEVENTEEN JOSEPH SCHMITZ: CHRISTIAN SOLDIER CHAPTER EIGHTEEN BLACKWATER DOWN: BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU CHAPTER NINETEEN "THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE" Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Meticulously researched and fascinating ... Scahill does a fine job Sunday Times
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