Blackwater
The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Recommended by Stephen Armstrong, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #51 in Network Security
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... more
Award-winning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the... more
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Stephen Armstrong Well this is the exact opposite of The Circuit, in that it is much more academic. I think they are both incredibly important books. Blackwater is written by a US journalist called Jeremy Scahill. The book shows the beauty of American print journalism. It is so well researched and thoroughly documented that it moves beyond a research book and into an impassioned, well written, freely flowing account of the story of Blackwater – the security firm. (Source)
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