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Author:
Hasian, Marouf Arif, Jr., author.
Title:
Kafkaesque laws, Nisour Square, and the trials of the former Blackwater guards / Marouf A. Hasian, Jr.
Publisher:
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
viii, 215 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Blackwater Worldwide--Corrupt practices.
Kafka, Franz,--1883-1924.
Kafka, Franz,--1883-1924.
Blackwater Worldwide.
Iraq War (2003-2011)
Private military companies (International law)
Private security services--Law and legislation.
Defense contracts.
Humanitarian assistance.
War crime trials.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Casualties.
Battle casualties.
Corruption.
Defense contracts.
Humanitarian assistance.
Private military companies (International law)
Private security services--Law and legislation.
War crime trials.
Iraq.
2003-2011
Nisour Square (Baghdad, Iraq)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Kafka, and the chaotic rhetorical cultures of mercenaries and private military companies -- "Operation Iraq Freedom" and the rise of Blackwater, Inc -- Creative destruction, Iraqi sentiments, and early prosecutorial narratives of "what happened" at Nisour Square, 2007-2008 -- The demise of Blackwater and the tales of primate military corporate accountability, 2009-2013 -- The 2014 criminal trials of Paul Slough, Nicholas Slatten, and the other Blackwater defendants -- Remembrances of Blackwater and the advent of the new humanitarian private contractors.
Series:
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities series
ISBN:
1683930592
9781683930594
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1004376073
LCCN:
2017036953
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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