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In this book the author of "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. 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 cruise missile strikes. While the Bush administration deployed these ghost…

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Editions

12 editions · 4 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 2013
    Nation Books · 680 pages · 9781568586717
  • Other · English · 2014
    PublicAffairs · 680 pages · 9781568589541
  • Other · English · 2014
    Serpent's Tail Limited · 672 pages · 9781846688515
  • Other · English · 2013
    PublicAffairs · 9781568584836
  • Other · English · 2013
    PublicAffairs · 9781568584843
  • Other · English · 2013
    Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
    Nation Books · 680 pages · 9781568589688
Moral and ethical aspectsGovernment policyMilitary HistoryMilitary policyIntelligence servicePreventionTargeted killingTerrorism