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

By: Nation Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Nation Books)


Product Info

Title
Blackwater - The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Publisher
Category
Author
Jeremy Scahill
Publish Year
2008
Pages
560
Dimensions
5.5x8x1.25"
NKG Part #
2148138881
Type
Softcover

Description

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.