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Civilian warriors : the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the War on Terror
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Civilian warriors : the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the War on Terror / Erik Prince with Davin Coburn ; afterword by Max Boot.
ISBN
9781591847212
1591847214
Publication
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2013.
Physical Description
ix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
The founder of Blackwater, the world's most controversial military contractor, describes how the company took on high-risk security jobs around the world, completing nearly 100,000 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have opponents tarnish their reputation.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 24, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
My father's son
The great dismal swamp
Columbine, the Cole, and cancer
The rise of Blackwater
Inherently traditional
Bremer and the business model
The expansion plan
Fallujah
Blackwater versus the Mahdi Army
The rules of the road
Character counts
The Fallujah families
Nisour Square
Cold and timid souls
A nightmare and a miracle
The downfall
The next reinvention.
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