Blackwater

Resumen del libro

Meet BLACKWATER USA, the world's most powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq and yet we know nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the US. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex-Navy Seal named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes. Blackwater is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to Washington DC, where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror. This is an extraordinary expose by one of America's most exciting young radical journalists.

Biografía del autor

Jeremy Scahill es un periodista de investigación galardonado con el premio Polk. Colabora habitualmente en la revista The Nation y como corresponsal para el programa informativo Democray Now! Scahill ha ejercido una dilatada labor como reportero en Irak, la antigua Yugoslavia y Nigeria. Actualmente, trabaja con una beca literaria de la Puffin Foundation en el The Nation Institute. Scahill vive en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Blackwater: el auge del ejército mercenario más poderoso del mundo es su primer libro.