Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

The groundbreaking bestselling expose of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's name....
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Author: Jeremy Scahill
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Scahill, Jeremy

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

$40.60

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

$40.60
Author: Jeremy Scahill
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The groundbreaking bestselling expose of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's name. On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square, leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled "Baghdad's Bloody Sunday," was neither the work of Iraqi insurgents nor U.S. soldiers. The shooters were private forces, subcontractors working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide, led by Erik Prince

Award-winning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to reveal the frightening new face of the U.S. military machine, and what happens when you outsource war."A crackling expose" -- New York Times Book Review"[Scahill] is a one-man truth squad" -- Bill Moyers"[An] utterly gripping and explosive story" -- Naomi Klein, The Guardian

Author: Jeremy Scahill
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781568583945
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/20/2008 pg. 20

About the Author
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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