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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “wonderful book - guaranteed complete and readable.”
- Subject
- Military
- ISBN
- 9781568583945
- Book Title
- Blackwater : the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.5 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Asia / Japan, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / United States
- Item Weight
- 17.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
156858394X
ISBN-13
9781568583945
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038744910
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blackwater : the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Japan, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / United States
Publication Year
2008
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Fascinating and magnificently documented... Jeremy Scahill's new book is a brilliant expose and belongs on the reading list of any conscientious citizen."-- Scott Horton, International and Military Law Expert, Columbia University Law School, "Scahill's page-turning collection of intrigue and insight into the underworld of privatized warfare is well researched, thoroughly documented, and as a result extremely frightening."-- Globe and Mail, "A powerful argument against the privatisation of war... exemplary... If the job of writing about 'the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army' seems mightily ambitious, it has been undertaken by just the right person... he's the sort of writer who sets out the evidence and lets us make up our own minds."-- Big Issue, "Scahill provided me information…which I have not been able to get from the U.S. military…I have read more from Mr. Scahill, than I've got from our own government."-Representative Marcy Kaptur, Defense Appropriations Committee "[T]his is no uninformed partisan screed…Meticulously documented and encyclopedic in scope…it's a comprehensive and authoritative guide…this book serves as a provocative primer for advancing the debate."-Bill Sizemore, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist,Virginian-Pilot "Andy McNab couldn't have invented this prescient tale of the private army of mercenaries run by a Christian conservative millionaire who, in turn, bankrolls the president. A chilling exposÉ of the ultimate military outsource."-Christopher Fowler,The New Review's "Best Books of 2007" "Fascinating and magnificently documented…Jeremy Scahill's new book is a brilliant exposÉ and belongs on the reading list of any conscientious citizen."-Scott Horton, International and Military Law Expert, Columbia University Law School, "Scahill provided me information... which I have not been able to get from the U.S. military... I have read more from Mr. Scahill, than I've got from our own government."-- Representative Marcy Kaptur, Defense Appropriations Committee, "Of all the insane Bush privatization efforts, none is more frightening than the corporatizing of military combat forces. Jeremy Scahill admirably exposes a devastating example of this sinister scheme."-- Michael Moore, Academy Award Winning Director, "Thanks to Jeremy Scahill and other reporters of conscience and courage, 'independent journalist' is not an oxymoron."-- Ray McGovern, activist and former CIA officer, "Thanks to Jeremy Scahill and other reporters of conscience and courage, 'independent journalist' is not an oxymoron." -- Ray McGovern, "Andy McNab couldn't have invented this prescient tale of the private army of mercenaries run by a Christian conservative millionaire who, in turn, bankrolls the president. A chilling expose of the ultimate military outsource."-- Christopher Fowler, New Review, "This is no uninformed partisan screed... Meticulously documented and encyclopedic in scope... it' a comprehensive and authoritative guide... this book serves as a provocative primer for advancing the debate."-- Bill Sizemore, Pulitzer-prize nominated journalist, Virginian-Pilot, "From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. His investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading."-- Amy Goodman, co-author of Democracy Now!, "The biggest book of the year...an amazingly researched and well-told story." -- Matthew Rothschild, Progressive, Virginian-Pilot "At Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate… [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic." Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time" "[Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating." The Guardian(London) "Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'…Scahill is a sharp investigative writer." Scarlett Johansson, actor "It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting and scary.", "A crackling exposÉ of the secretive military contractor Blackwater."-The New York Times Book Review "[Scahill] is a one-man truth squad."-Bill Moyers "[An] utterly gripping and explosive story."-Naomi Klein,The Guardian "The biggest book of the year…an amazingly researched and well-told story."-Matthew Rothschild,The Progressive "Scahill's page-turning collection of intrigue and insight into the underworld of privatized warfare is well researched, thoroughly documented, and as a result extremely frightening."-The Globe and Mail, "From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. His investigative skill, coupled with his graceful style make this book essential reading." -- Amy Goodman
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
355.3540973
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
A fully revised, updated edition of the best-selling expose of Blackwater USA, the shadowy private army that operates at home and abroad and has close ties to the Bush administration., 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, 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, * Winner of the George Polk Book Award * Alternet Best Book of the Year * Barnes & Noble one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007 * Amazon one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007 Meet Blackwater USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet, with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top U.S. officials in Iraq and yet the world knows almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and inside the United States. This is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast to Washington D.C., where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror., The "crackling exposé" ( New York Times Book Review ) 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., 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 working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide. This is the explosive story of a company that rose a decade ago from Moyock, North Carolina, to become one of the most powerful players in the War on Terror." In his gripping bestseller, 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 expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
LC Classification Number
DS79.76
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