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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated] | ![Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army [Revised and Updated]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZopVuqGsL._SL500_.jpg)
| Author: Jeremy Scahill
Publisher: Nation Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  230 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: Rev Upd
Pages: 452
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 2
ISBN: 156858394X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.3540973
EAN: 9781568583945
ASIN: 156858394X
Publication Date: May 26, 2008
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Product Description
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 working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide. This is the explosive story of a company that rose a decade ago from Moyock, North Carolina, to become one of the most powerful players in the "War on Terror." In his gripping bestseller, awardwinning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine. * Winner of the George Polk Book Award
* Alternet Best Book of the Year
* Barnes & Noble one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007
* Amazon one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2007
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 The Real Disaster in Iraq August 8, 2008
David T. Lohrey (NJ, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Liberals love to push and fight over who was first to be against the war in Iraq. This distracts from the far more interesting questions that books like this seek to expose. The triumph of private mercenaries who discredit this great country and are allowed to operate unchecked by the noble traditions of military justice is unpatriotic and criminal. How this terrible "business" arose is well worth investigation and exposure. It is irrelevant whether one supports the war or not. Both sides should agree that turning over our national dignity to Mcmilitary operations is a scandal. Democrats and Republican should decry our loss of civilian and military control. That Democrats against the war are silent on this outrage shows their hypocrisy. This is pure profiteering at its worst, but more outrageous is the shame and national dishonor brought to our nation in the eyes of the world who see these incompetent criminals murdering people in cold blood in the name of the USA.
Blackwater : Right-Wing Conservative America, Whether You Like It Or Not... August 1, 2008
Jason Stansfield (Florida, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book for what it had to say about Blackwater, and it's extremely right-wing leanings.
I post on a "Conspiracy Theory" Forum, and received "Blackwater Expert" rank because of the information I read and conveyed based on this book, as well as my insight into all things military, and the countless other topics I investigate for my own personal interest.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread352934/pg1
I hope everyone who reads this book finds it intriguing and informative, to say the least. It's not that it's right-wing, so much as the current Administration has abused power so much, that it has left a bad taste in anyone who loves Democracy, can see the writing on the wall towards shredding the United States Consitution that is supposed to protect us as citizens from our Government becoming too powerful, and becoming a tyranny.
Blackwater:The Rise of the World's Most Powerful MERCENARY August 1, 2008
FRIDAY
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
tHE BOOK IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND FRIGHTENING,IT NEEDS TO BE READ BY AMERICANS AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE WORLD!
Emotionally Charged, Shocking! July 21, 2008
C. Via (Tampa, FL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First and foremost, you should know that this book has a 60 page bibliography. "Blackwater" has to be one of the most well researched books I've read. While theres alot of information being thrown at you, the author does an incredible job making it easy to follow. In terms of vernacular used, the book is perfect for any High Schooler and is generally easy to read.
The author provides alot of background to the history of Blackwater and the places it has influence. This is not only a welcomed necessity, but a horrifying drama. "Blackwater" has taught me more than I imagined regarding the Iraqi war, and even the Iraqi resistance.
If you've ever watched the news and wondered what you weren't being told, then you should read this book. If you prefer to live in blindness and refuse to recognize the crimes of the bush administration, then I advise you to pass this book by.
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