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Blackwater the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Examines the history and actions of Blackwater USA, a private mercenary army hired by the United States to carry out missions all over the world; focusing on the firm's role in the War on Terrorism.

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  • "Black water"
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  • "Examines the history and actions of Blackwater USA, a private mercenary army hired by the United States to carry out missions all over the world; focusing on the firm's role in the War on Terrorism."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Meet Blackwater USA, the world's most powerful mercenary firm. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq. This is an explosive account of Blackwater's mercenary involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan."
  • "Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops, but since September 2007 the firm has been hit by a series of scandals that, far from damaging the company, have led to an unprecedented period of expansion. This revised and updated edition includes Scahill's continued investigative work into one of the outrages of our time: the privatisation of wa."@en
  • "Explores the private security company Blackwater USA, including the background of its founder, its relationship with the United States government, and its role in the Iraq War, the cleanup of Hurricane Katrina, and the War on Terror."@en

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  • "Military history"@en

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  • "Blackwater : The Rise of the World's most powerful Mercenary Army"
  • "Blackwater the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"@en
  • "Blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army"@en
  • "Blackwater the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army"
  • "Blākwūtir : akhṭar munaẓẓamah sirriyah fī al-ʻālam"
  • "Blackwater : dünyanın en güçlü paralı asker ordusunun yükselişi"
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  • "Blackwater : the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army"
  • "Blackwater : The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"
  • "بلاكووتر : أخطر منظمة سرية في العالم"