Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare by Lechner, John
Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare by Lechner, John

Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare

"Extraordinary."-CHRIS MILLER, author of Chip War "Incredible."-ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via X From John Lechner,...
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Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare by Lechner, John

Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare

$45.55
Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare by Lechner, John

Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare

$45.55
Author: John Lechner
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"Extraordinary."-CHRIS MILLER, author of Chip War

"Incredible."-ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via X

From John Lechner, "an amazingly bold reporter" (Adam Hochschild), the shocking inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies inextricable from Russia's anti-Western foreign strategy.

In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the "Wagner Group" faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East, where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn praise for "tough measures" against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting, torture, and civilian deaths. As Russia gained a foothold of influence abroad, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as "Putin's Chef," went from caterer to commander to single greatest threat Putin has faced in his over-twenty-year rule.

Dually armed with military and strategic prowess, the Wagner Group created a new market in a vast geopolitical landscape increasingly receptive to the promises of private actors. In this trailblazing account of the Group's origins and operations, John Lechner-the only journalist to report across its many warzones-brings us on the ground to witness Wagner partner with fragile nation states, score access to natural resources, oust peacekeeping missions, and cash in on conflicts reframed as Kremlin interests. After rebelling, Prigozhin faced an epic demise-but Wagner lives on, its political, business, and military ventures a pillar of Russian operations the world over.

Featuring exclusive interviews with over thirty Wagner Group members, Death Is Our Business is the terrifying true tale of the renegade militia that proved global instability is nothing if not an opportunity.

Author: John Lechner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.09w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9781639733361


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2025
Booklist 02/01/2025 pg. 4
Shelf Awareness 03/21/2025

About the Author
John Lechner is a journalist and an independent researcher and consultant to NGOs and other institutions working in Africa. He holds a master's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University. He speaks Russian, French, Turkish, Georgian, Chechen, Sango, and more. His reporting has been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the BBC and published in Foreign Policy, Lawfare, and War on the Rocks, among others. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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