Blackwater: The Rise Of The World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army - Scahill, Jeremy

Résumé :
An extraordinary expos by one of America's young radical journalists, this is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, where Blackwater executives are hailed as heroes.

Biographie:
Jeremy Scahill is co-founder of Drop Site News. He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. He is also a writer and producer of the documentary feature film, Dirty Wars, and author of the New York Times bestseller by the same name....

Critique:
Virginian-PilotAt Blackwater USA, Jeremy Scahill's is the face they love to hate... [He is] perhaps the private military company's most dogged critic.Bill Maher, host of HBO's Real Time[Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating.The Guardian (London)Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries - or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer.Scarlett Johansson, actorIt should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting - and scary.