The “crackling exposé” (New York Times Book Review) 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 bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to reveal the frightening new face of the U.S. military machine, and what happens when you outsource war.
From the Publisher
ASIN : B0097CYTYA
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : May 27, 2008
Edition : 1st
Language : English
File size : 1.3 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 561 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-1568584065
Page Flip : Enabled
Grade level : 8 and up
Reading age : 13 years and up
Best Sellers Rank: #500,911 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #59 in Iraq War History (Books) #82 in Iraq War History (Kindle Store) #202 in National & International Security (Kindle Store)
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