Blackwater: the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army
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
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| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a 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 |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a 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 |
| 505 | 8 | 0 | |a 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 |
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