Blackwater : The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (CD-Audio)

from MiaCulpa

Covers the rise of mercenaries, exemplified by Blackwater, who are receiving very large amounts of money to keep the peace in hotspots around the world. Of course, while Blackwater's owner and senior staff are paid handsomely, the same cannot be said of many of the soldiers serving in dangerous a...

from ksimon

Quick review: Blackwater is one of the leading corporate players in the growing privatization of American military might. This book is a timely study of Blackwater and, more generally, of America's increasing reliance upon privately employed mercenaries. Who are these individuals? And who is behi...

from RajivC

I found this book to be very well researched and very well written. The only reason why I gave it a 4 star, is because it seemed to me, to represent only side of the matter. I am sure Blackwater would have a completely different perspective. The first twenty or thirty pages were a little slow, bu...

from ASKelmore

From my Cannonball Read V review...Just to make sure we're all on the same page: Blackwater is a horrible, horrible, horrible company, right? Like, everyone with a conscience is aware of that fact? Everyone who works there is not a horrible person (many are just trying to survive), but we all kno...

from wfzimmerman

An important book with lots of good original reporting. It's unfortunate that the author tends to see Christian evangelists as "the enemy." The situation with Blackwater is disturbing enough without any political assumptions.