Blackwater : The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
by Scahill, Jeremy
Published by : Nation Books (New York) Physical details: x,550 Pages 21x14 cm | PB ISBN:9781568583945. Year: 2007| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 355.3540973 S277B 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 17216 |
Includes Index.
In this exposé by radical journalist Scahill, you will 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 US officials in Iraq, and yet we know almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex-Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes.
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