Dirty Wars
The World is a Battlefield
New York : Nation Books, [2013]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxiv, 642 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
In "Dirty Wars," Jeremy Scahill, author of the "New York Times" best-seller "Blackwater," takes us inside America's new covert wars. As he reveals, the foot soldiers in these battles operate daily across the globe 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 of America.
Contents:
Prologue -- Washington, DC 2001-2002 -- The United States and Yemen, 1971-2002 -- Washington, 1979-2001 -- Yemen, 1970-2001; Washington, DC, 2001 -- The United Kingdom, the United States and Yemen, 2002-2003 -- Washington, DC, Yemen and Djibouti, 2002 -- Washington, DC, 2002 -- Washington, DC, 2002-2003 -- The United States, 1974-2003, Iraq 2003 -- Somalia, 1993-2004 -- Yemen, 2003-2006 -- United Kingdom, 2003 -- Iraq, 2003-2005.
Subjects:
Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Targeted killing -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Targeted killing -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States -- Military policy -- History -- 21st century.
United States -- Military policy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN:
9781568586717 (hbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Military Sca | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY Military Sca | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |