Blackwater : the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army / Jeremy Scahill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scahill, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004.

Mercenary troops--United States.

Mercenary troops.

Blackwater USA.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>The unauthorized story of the epic rise of one of the most powerful and secretive forces to emerge from the U.S. military-industrial complex, hailed by the Bush administration as a revolution in military affairs, but considered by others as a dire threat to American democracy.</div>

Contents:

Praise; Title Page; Dedication; AUTHOR'S NOTE; THE FACE OF BLACKWATER; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE - MAKING A KILLING; CHAPTER TWO - THE LITTLE PRINCE; CHAPTER THREE - BLACKWATER BEGINS; CHAPTER FOUR - FALLUJAH BEFORE BLACKWATER; CHAPTER FIVE - GUARDING BUSH'S MAN IN BAGHDAD; CHAPTER SIX - SCOTTY GOES TO WAR; CHAPTER SEVEN - THE AMBUSH; Like "Slaughtered Sheep"; CHAPTER EIGHT - "WE WILL PACIFY FALLUJAH"; CHAPTER NINE - NAJAF, IRAQ: 4.04.04; 04/04/04; CHAPTER TEN - "THIS IS FOR THE AMERICANS OF BLACKWATER"; The War on Al Jazeera; Collective Punishment

CHAPTER ELEVEN - MR. PRINCE GOES TO WASHINGTONBlackwater's Lobbyists; Doing Kafka Proud; Ambushed Again; CHAPTER TWELVE - CASPIAN PIPELINE DREAMS; Enter Blackwater; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - BLACKWATER'S MAN IN CHILE; Blackwater's Plan Colombia; Business as Usual; CHAPTER FOURTEEN - "THE WHORES OF WAR"; Contract Disputes; "Whores of War"; CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE CRASH OF BLACKWATER 61; The Political Question Doctrine; The Feres Doctrine; Exception to Federal Tort Claims Act; Blackwater's Curious Aviation Division; CHAPTER SIXTEEN - COFER BLACK: THE GLOVES COME OFF

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - DEATH SQUADS, MERCENARIES, AND THE "SALVADOR OPTION""There Continues to Be the Need for This Kind of Security"; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - JOSEPH SCHMITZ: CHRISTIAN SOLDIER; CHAPTER NINETEEN - BLACKWATER DOWN: BAGHDAD ON THE BAYOU; Blackwater and the Border; K Street Collapse; CHAPTER TWENTY - "THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE"; Darfur Dreams; Blackwater and the Sleeping Lion; The South African Example; Greystone; "The Knights of the Round Table"; EPILOGUE; Acknowledgements; NOTES; INDEX; Copyright Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-534) and index.

ISBN:

9781568584065

1568584067

9780786744909

0786744901

OCLC:

798534240