Kyle Harrison
to-read
Blackwater
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
- Author
- Jeremy Scahill
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 464
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Scahill’s account of the private military company that fought America’s wars on contract, and what it means to outsource the use of force.
Where I heard about it
- nathan shuherk (@schizophrenicreads) — in a BookTok video laying out a reading list on US empire, policing and disaster capitalism.
Connections
- Foreign Policy — the subject.
- Capitalism — the mechanism — war as a contract.