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Master of War : Blackwater USA's Erik Prince and the Business of War by Suzanne Simons (2010, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061672718

ISBN-139780061672712

eBay Product ID (ePID)81878167

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Book TitleMaster of War : Blackwater Usa's Erik Prince and the Business of War

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPublic Policy / Military Policy, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military / Afghan War (2001-), Military / United States, General, Middle East / General, Military, Business

Publication Year2010

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorSuzanne Simons

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal956.7044/31

SynopsisThe world first learned ofBlackwater USA in March2004 when several of its menwere ambushed and killed inFallujah, Iraq. Their bodieswere badly beaten, and twowere then hung from a bridge as a sign ofIraqi resistance to the U.S. occupation. Inthe years that followed, Blackwater grew tobecome one of the U.S. government's mosttrusted partners in Iraq and Afghanistan,despite headline-grabbing controversiessuch as the shooting of Iraqi civilians byBlackwater guards in a Baghdad trafficcircle in 2007. Based on her extraordinary access toBlackwater founder Erik Prince and dozensof his key executives, author SuzanneSimons offers a riveting, eye-openingportrait of the former Navy SEAL andthe company that became the face ofprivate warfare in the twenty-first century.Prince sat atop an empire that not onlyincluded a massive training complex formilitary and law enforcement but alsocomprised an entire aviation division thatcatered to military needs in the world'smost dangerous locations and a privatespy company run by former top CIA men.Master of War is an intimate look at the riseand fall of an extraordinary company-ledby a contemporary prince, unaccountableto American voters, with the instrumentsof war at his disposal., "Suzanne Simons is a masterful storyteller. But make no mistake--Master of War is not a work of fiction....A powerful and true account." --Wolf Blitzer, anchor, CNN's The Situation Room Master of War is the riveting true story of Eric Prince, the ex-Navy SEAL who founded Blackwater and built the world's largest military contractor, privatizing war for client nations around the world. A CNN producer and anchor, Suzanne Simons is the first journalist to get deep inside Blackwater--and, as a result of her unprecedented access, Master of War provides the most complete and revelatory account of the rise of this powerful corporate army and the remarkable entrepreneur who brought it into being, while offering an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan., "Suzanne Simons is a masterful storyteller. But make no mistake-- Master of War is not a work of fiction....A powerful and true account." --Wolf Blitzer, anchor, CNN's The Situation Room Master of War is the riveting true story of Eric Prince, the ex-Navy SEAL who founded Blackwater and built the world's largest military contractor, privatizing war for client nations around the world. A CNN producer and anchor, Suzanne Simons is the first journalist to get deep inside Blackwater--and, as a result of her unprecedented access, Master of War provides the most complete and revelatory account of the rise of this powerful corporate army and the remarkable entrepreneur who brought it into being, while offering an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes look at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LC Classification NumberUB148.S54 2011