Civilian warriors the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the War on Terror
No company in our time has been as mysterious or as controversial as Blackwater. This book recounts how the company shifted gears after 9/11. It reveals why highly efficient private military contractors have been essential to running our armed forces, since long before Blackwater came along
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New York
Portfolio/Penguin
2013
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Table of 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