Civilian warriors : the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the War on Terror / Erik Prince ; with David Coburn ; afterword by Max Boot.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2013وصف:ix, 404 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781591847212 (hbk)
- 1591847214 (hbk)
- UB149 P75 2013
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | UB149 P75 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011297096 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | UB149 P75 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011297094 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-404).
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.
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.