Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary ArmyOn 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. |
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User Review - ASKelmore - LibraryThingFrom my Cannonball Read V review... Just to make sure we're all on the same page: Blackwater is a horrible, horrible, horrible company, right? Like, everyone with a conscience is aware of that fact ... Read full review
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Contents
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| 3 | |
MAKING A KILLING | 49 |
LITTLE PRINCE | 65 |
BLACKWATER BEGINS | 89 |
FALLUJAH BEFORE BLACKWATER | 113 |
GUARDING BUSHS MAN IN BAGHDAD | 125 |
SCOTTY GOES TO WAR | 145 |
BLACKWATERS MAN IN CHILE | 245 |
THE WHORES OF WAR | 275 |
THE CRASH OF BLACKWATER | 305 |
COFER BLACK THE GLOVES COME OFF | 329 |
DEATH SQUADS MERCENARIES AND THE SALVADOR OPTION | 349 |
JOSEPH SCHMITZ CHRISTIAN SOLDIER | 365 |
BLACKWATER DOWN BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU | 389 |
THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE | 409 |
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| Title | Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army |
| Author | Jeremy Scahill |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1568584067, 9781568584065 |
| Length | 560 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011) Political Science / Security (National & International) Political Science / Terrorism |
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