Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army (Nation Books, 2007)

History Cover 1 Copyright page 8 Contents 11 Author's Note 13 3.31.04 15 Preface: Making A Killing 17 1 The Little Prince 33 2 Black Water Begins 57 3 Fallujah Before Blackwater 81 4 Guarding Bush's Man In Baghdad 93 5 Scotty Goes To War 113 6 The Ambush 123 Like "Slaughtered Sheep" 127 7 "We Will Pacify Fallujah" 137 8 Najaf, Iraq: 4.04.04 149 04/04/04 154 9 "This Is For The Americans Of Blackwater" 165 The War on Al Jazeera 170 Collective Punishment 173 10 Mr. Prince Goes To Washington 177 Blackwater's Lobbyists 179 Doing Kafka Proud 190 Ambushed Again 193 11 Caspian Pipeline Dreams 199 Enter Blackwater 204 12 Blackwater's Man In Chile 213 Blackwater's Plan Colombia 234 Business as Usual 238 13 "The Whores Of War" 243 Contract Disputes 256 "Whores of War" 259 14 The Crash Of Blackwater 61 269 The Political Question Doctrine 281 The Feres Doctrine 283 Exception to Federal Tort Claims Act 284 Blackwater's Curious Aviation Division 285 15 Cofer Black: The Gloves Come Off 293 16 Death Squads, Mercenaries And The "Salvador Option" 313 "There Continues to Be the Need for This Kind of Security" 322 17 Joseph Schmitz: Christian Soldier 329 18 Blackwater Down: Baghdad On The Bayou 353 Blackwater and the Border 364 K Street Collapse 369 19 "The Knights Of The Round Table" 373 Darfur Dreams 375 Blackwater and the Sleeping Lion 388 The South African Example 393 Greystone 397 "The Knights of the Round Table" 402 Acknowledgments 411 Notes 415 Preface: Making A Killing 415 1 The Little Prince 416 2 Black Water Begins 420 3 Fallujah Before Blackwater 423 4 Guarding Bush's Man In Baghdad 425 5 Scotty Goes To War 429 6 The Ambush 430 7 "We Will Pacify Fallujah" 432 8 Najaf, Iraq: 4.04.04 434 9 "This Is For The Americans Of Blackwater" 436 10 Mr. Prince Goes To Washington 439 11 Caspian Pipeline Dreams 443 12 Blackwater's Man In Chile 445 13 "The Whores Of War" 448 14 The Crash Of Blackwater 61 451 15 Cofer Black: The Gloves Come Off 453 16 Death Squads, Mercenaries And The "Salvador Option" 456 17 Joseph Schmitz: Christian Soldier 459 18 Blackwater Down: Baghdad On The Bayou 464 19 "The Knights Of The Round Table" 466 Index 471 A 471 B 472 C 473 D 474 E 475 F 475 G 476 H 476 I 477 J 477 K 478 L 478 M 478 N 479 O 479 P 480 Q 481 R 481 S 481 T 483 U 483 V 483 W 483 Y 484 Z 484 history;,military history,military