Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

"[Scahill's] book is so scary and so illuminating."

"Of all the insane Bush privatization efforts, none is more frightening than the corporatizing of military combat forces. Jeremy Scahill admirably exposes a devastating example of this sinister scheme."

"It should be mandatory reading. It's very interesting--and scary."

"A crackling exposé."

"Blackwater being rarely out of the news lately, this is a very useful survey of modern mercenaries--or, as they prefer to be called, 'private security contractors' in the 'peace and stability industry'...Scahill is a sharp investigative writer."

"Should our nation enter a period of instability following another terrorist attack on American soil, an economic collapse, or a series of environmental disasters, the tyranny that groups such as Blackwater impose on others could become the tyranny they impose on us. The rise of this unchecked mercenary force, as Jeremy Scahill understands, could presage the final stage in the collapse of American democracy."

"This engrossing investigative piece exposing, in shocking detail, a US-government-outsourced Frankenstein replete with helicopter gunships may leave you incredulous. But you better believe it, for it poses a grave and gathering danger to the future of our Republic."

"The dark, largely unknown story of Blackwater...is chillingly told in Jeremy Scahill's exposé...Tom Weiner has precise diction and a rumbling, authoritative delivery."

"Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater would be a masterpiece of the genre of futuristic sci fi were it not so regrettably real...[A] horrifying but necessary read."