9781568583945-156858394X-Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated]

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated]

ISBN-13: 9781568583945
ISBN-10: 156858394X
Edition: Revised, Updated ed.
Author: Jeremy Scahill
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Format: Paperback 560 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781568583945
ISBN-10: 156858394X
Edition: Revised, Updated ed.
Author: Jeremy Scahill
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Format: Paperback 560 pages

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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated] (ISBN-13: 9781568583945 and ISBN-10: 156858394X), written by authors Jeremy Scahill, was published by Bold Type Books in 2008. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Company Profiles (Biography & History, Iraq War, Military History, Engineering) books. You can easily purchase or rent Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated] (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Company Profiles books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.54.

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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
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