From Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond the author reports from the frontlines in this high-stakes investigation and explores the depths of America's global killing machine.
This book follows the consequences of the declaraion that "the world is a battlefield", as the author uncovers this important foreign policy story. While the Bush administration deployed these ghost militias, President Obama has expanded their operations and given them new scope and legitimacy.
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. 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. In this book the author of "Blackwater," takes us inside America's new covert wars. Xxiv, 642 pages, 8 pages of plates : 25 cm Publication date 2013 Topics Military policy, Intelligence service, Special operations (Military science), Military policy - Moral and ethical aspects, Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy, Targeted killing, United States - Military policy, United States - History, Military - 21st century, United States - Military history, United States - Military policy - Moral and ethical aspects, United States, Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States - History - 21st century, Special operations (Military science) - United States - History - 21st century, Intelligence service - United States - History - 21st century, Targeted killing - United States - History - 21st century, SOCIAL SCIENCE - General, Terrorism - Prevention - United States - Government policy - History, United States - Military policy - History - 21st century Publisher New York : Nation Books Collection inlibrary printdisabled marygrovecollege internetarchivebooks americana Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English
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