Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill (English) Paperback Boo

Description: Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield by Jeremy Scahill Now revised and updated: "This book is an unbelievable accomplishment. [W]hatever your politics, you should read this book. It is incredibly carefully reported... I think every member of Congress should read this book." Chris Hayes FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A New York Times bestseller Now also an Oscar-nominated documentary In Dirty Wars , Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater , takes us inside Americas new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies. Drawn from the ranks of the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, former Blackwater and other private security contractors, the CIAs Special Activities Division and the Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC), these elite soldiers operate worldwide, with thousands of secret commandos working in more than one hundred countries. Funded through black budgets, Special Operations Forces conduct missions in denied areas, engage in targeted killings, snatch and grab individuals and direct drone, AC-130 and cruise missile strikes. While the Bush administration deployed these ghost militias, President Barack Obama has expanded their operations and given them new scope and legitimacy. Dirty Wars follows the consequences of the declaration that the world is a battlefield, as Scahill uncovers the most important foreign policy story of our time. From Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond, Scahill reports from the frontlines in this high-stakes investigation and explores the depths of Americas global killing machine. He goes beneath the surface of these covert wars, conducted in the shadows, outside the range of the press, without effective congressional oversight or public debate. And, based on unprecedented access, Scahill tells the chilling story of an American citizen marked for assassination by his own government. As US leaders draw the country deeper into conflicts across the globe, setting the world stage for enormous destabilization and blowback, Americans are not only at greater risk -- we are changing as a nation. Scahill unmasks the shadow warriors who prosecute these secret wars and puts a human face on the casualties of unaccountable violence that is now official policy: victims of night raids, secret prisons, cruise missile attacks and drone strikes, and whole classes of people branded as suspected militants. Through his brave reporting, Scahill exposes the true nature of the dirty wars the United States government struggles to keep hidden. Author Biography Jeremy Scahill is an unembedded, international journalist. He is a correspondent for the national radio and television show Democracy Now! and a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine. He is currently a Puffin Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. He lives in New York. Review Quote "There is no journalist in America, in the world, who has reported on what the war on terror actually looks like under the Obama administration better than [Scahill]. This book is an unbelievable accomplishment. [W]hatever your politics, you should read this book. It is incredibly carefully reported. People who come to this book expecting a polemic, I think will be surprised to a find a book that really...lets the facts speak for themselves. What this book does is show a side of our unending wars that we havent seen... I think every member of Congress should read this book." Chris Hayes, host of MSNBCs All In with Chris Hayes Details ISBN1568589549 Author Jeremy Scahill Short Title DIRTY WARS Publisher Nation Books Language English ISBN-10 1568589549 ISBN-13 9781568589541 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 355.009 Pages 642 Illustrations Yes Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-06-19 Imprint Bold Type Books Subtitle The World Is a Battlefield Audience General/Trade Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-09-30 NZ Release Date 2014-09-30 US Release Date 2014-09-30 UK Release Date 2014-09-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:86719122;

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