{"product_id":"blackwater-the-rise-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-mercenary-army-paperback","title":"Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeremy Scahill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"crackling exposé\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's name\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, subcontractors working for the secretive mercenary company, Blackwater Worldwide, led by Erik Prince. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Award-winning journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to reveal the frightening new face of the U.S. military machine, and what happens when you outsource war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Scahill \u003c\/b\u003eis co-founder of \u003ci\u003eDrop Site News\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. He is also a writer and producer of the documentary feature film, \u003ci\u003eDirty Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by the same name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53494006317363,"sku":"9781568583945","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EqhM2Q5EB9781568583945.webp?v=1781567804","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/blackwater-the-rise-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-mercenary-army-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}