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

Author: Jeremy Scahill

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 14 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2025


Synopsis

The “crackling exposé” (New York Times Book Review) of the shadowy mercenary army that perpetrated horrific war crimes in America's name

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.

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.

About Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international bestselling books Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield and Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and Democracy Now! and was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award. Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film Dirty Wars, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Joshua on July 11, 2007

Okay, first some literary criticism. And I hate to do this, because I saw Jeremy Scahill speak a few months ago and I genuinely liked him. He's brilliant, he obviously knows what's going on in the world, he's a first-class investigative journalist, a crusader for the truth, and I sincerely applaud h......more

Goodreads review by Eric_W on August 06, 2009

Addendum 8/6/09: Erik Prince accused of murder. [URL not allowed] I had no idea the depth of antagonism toward the Clinton election evinced by such stalwarts as Scalia, Colson, Dobson, et al who, in public statements, suggested that any ruler, elected or otherwise, who was not......more

Goodreads review by Olethros on August 29, 2021

-El periodismo de investigación todavía está, algunas veces, en buena forma.- Género. Ensayo. Lo que nos cuenta. El libro Blackwater (publicación original: Blackwater. The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, 2007) es un acercamiento a la empresa del mismo nombre, el mayor símbolo (que no......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on December 12, 2018

What is the downfall of empires associated with? With the building of ever more massive mercenary armies Please note that I put the original German text at the end of this review. Just if you might be interested. The basis for the tremendous success of the now repeatedly renamed security firm Blackwat......more

Goodreads review by Trish on April 10, 2016

One can draw a straight line from Tim Weiner’s extensive report on the CIA, Legacy of Ashes, and this book by Jeremy Scahill on the outsourcing of American military, security, and investigative duties. Scahill centers his work around the event that transfixed the world and brought awareness of Black......more