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

war machine.. soldiers. The shooters were private forces working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide. 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. This is the explosive story of a company that rose a decade ago from Moyock, North Carolina, to become one of the most powerful play

Scahill also serves as an election correspondent for HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. Jeremy Scahill is a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine and a correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now! He is currently a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nati

All rights reserved. While emphasizing the possibility of an "adventurous President" employing Blackwater's mercenaries covertly, Scahill underestimates the effect of publicity on the deniability he sees as central to such scenarios. (Apr. Scahill describes Blackwater's expansion, from an early emphasis on administrative and training functions to what amounts to a combat role as an internal security force in Iraq. Arguably, he also dismisses too lightly Blackwater's growing self-image as the respectable heir to a long and honorable tradition of contract soldiering. From Publishers Weekly Scahill, a regular contributor to the Nation, offers a hard-left perspective on Blackwater USA, the self-described private military contr

"Good book" according to Hawgfan. I enjoyed the book. Having been deployed in the areas where these private security companies operate, I got to see them in action first hand. Reading about the climb of Blackwater into the governments cash pockets was interesting. Disgusting to know as a tax payer, but interesting, The book helped me make up my mind that from now on I vote against all incumbents. Regardless of which political party they represent. The waste of money documented in this book could . that chronicles the rise evolving into permanence of the best soldiers money can buy Rand M. A very well researched and documented book that chronicles the rise evolving into permanence of the best soldiers money can buy. For such detailed material it is an easy read. However, the passages of what was going on with the Bush administration during the applicable period of time will break your heart. Yes, it was as bad as you suspected.. Amazing Book This was a wonderful book. An overwhelming amount of relevant detail, which results in a connection of the dots. The author does a great job in showing the mix of money, politics, and ideology; and how this has affected the United States military.