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Loading... Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (original 2007; edition 2007)by Jeremy Scahill
Work InformationBlackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill (2007)
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   Mark_Feltskog | Dec 23, 2023 |   ) atrillox | Nov 27, 2023 | ) kylecarroll | Jul 16, 2023 | He's not. He's more akin to Director Krennic: a manipulator of corrupt institutions that simply don't value life. The real shock of Scahill's excellent coverage is just how banal the evil of the mercenary business is. Much like imperialist and colonial military dogma, the expansion of the private security contractors--mercenaries--boils down to exploitation and indifference. Exploitation of government policy to procure highly suspect security contracts and indifference towards the lives of the foreign populations affected by private militaries that are not beholden to account for war crimes. (  ) Kavinay | Jan 2, 2023 | This book terrified me. Overly-powerful fanatical men, believing they are working for the Christian God—the only God—turn killing into a multi-billion dollar industry to overthrow all those crazy-ass overly-powerful fanatical men who believe they are working for their god or gods. In the middle, you have the highly-trained men who are simply in it for the massive payday. War is big business, and business is good. It blows my mind that all these Republicans believe they're morally right pulling all this shit (and no, I'm not naive enough to believe the Dems are much better). I've said it before, I'll say it again. There's more than enough religion in the world to start wars, but nowhere near enough to end them. ( ) TobinElliott | Sep 3, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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In this exposé by radical journalist Scahill, you will meet BLACKWATER USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet, with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq, and yet we know almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex-Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes. This book is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US Gulf to Washington DC, where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror.--From publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)355.3540973Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Organization of military forces Armies; General staff MercenariesLC ClassificationRatingAverage: (3.73)
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