Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
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LC Class | DS79.76 .S322 2007 | |
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is a book written by independent journalist
George Polk Awards.[1]
Synopsis
The book details the rise of
right-wing Republican ideology, and that its founder, Erik Prince, has provided significant assistance in that venue. Scahill reports that Blackwater forces were also deployed in Sudan and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Blackwater is also allegedly present in some parts of India, although no sources confirm this existence. Critiquing the book and Scahill, Bruce Bawer writes that Scahill has an "unsettling propensity to improve on facts", and that "Throughout Blackwater, Scahill inflates statistics. " [2]
Editions
- 2007 U.S. hardcover, Nation Books, ISBN 978-1-56025-979-4
- 2007 U.K. hardcover, Serpent's Tail, ISBN 978-1-84668-630-6
- 2008 U.S. paperback, Nation Books, ISBN 978-1-56858-394-5
- The book has been translated into Chinese and Arabic.
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ https://www.city-journal.org/article/jeremy-scahill-ideologue
External links
- CBC interview with Scahill about the book
- NPR interview with Scahill about the book
- Democracy Now! interview with Scahill about the book
- Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, August 4, 2009
- In Explosive Allegations, Ex-Employees Link Blackwater Founder to Murder, Threats - video by Democracy Now!
- Human Rights First; Private Security Contractors at War: Ending the Culture of Impunity (2008)