"With a new preface."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-404).
Contents:
Preface to the paperback edition -- Preface to the paperback edition -- Afterword : the CIA and Erik Prince / 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 -- Afterword : the CIA and Erik Prince / by Max Boot.
Summary:
The founder of Blackwater, the world's most controversial military contractor, describes how the company took on high-risk security jobs around the world, completing nearly 100,000 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have opponents tarnish their reputation.
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