Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army By Jeremy Scahill

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This is 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.

Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from deep inside the military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House. Blackwater is the elite Praetorian Guard for the "global war on terror," with its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and twenty thousand troops at the ready. Run by a multimillionaire Christian conservative who bankrolls President Bush and his allies, his forces are capable of overthrowing governments. The administration hails Blackwater as a revolution in military affairs.

Nation Books, hardcover, notes, index, 438pgs

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