Blackwater : The rise of the World's Most powerful mercenary Army

Blackwater : The rise of the World's Most powerful mercenary Army image
ISBN-10:

184668630X

ISBN-13:

9781846686306

Author(s): Jeremy Scahill
Released: Aug 09, 2007
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
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Description:

[MP3-CD Audiobook format in vinyl case]

[Read by Tom Weiner]

A largely untold facet of the war on terror is the widespread outsourcing of military tasks to private mercenary companies. Accountable neither to the citizenry nor to standard military legal codes, these largely unregulated corporate armies are being entrusted with ever-greater responsibilities on behalf of the nation.

Meet Blackwater USA, the world's most secretive, powerful, and fastest growing private army on the planet. Founded by fundamentalist Christian megamillionaire Erik Prince, the scion of a conservative dynasty that bankrolls extreme-right-wing causes, this company of soldiers is now being sent ''to the front lines of a global battle, waged largely on Muslim lands, that an evangelical President whom Prince helped put in the White House has boldly defined as a 'crusade'.''

Ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to Washington, D.C., where they are hailed as heroes, this is the dark story of Blackwater's rise to power.

























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