3.8
Biografier
The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.
© 2015 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062433442
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 30 juni 2015
3.8
Biografier
The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.
© 2015 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780062433442
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 30 juni 2015
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KRISTINA
2 aug. 2020
Boken är inte sann utan fiktion. Bör ha varningstext.
Malin
6 apr. 2022
Tänkte läsa denna, men gjorde lite efterforskningar om författaren och han är en lögnare som svindlat folk. Läs mer i "The spy who scammed us?" i Outside Magazine.
Roland
1 juli 2020
Great listening! Thrilling and appalling with what seems in-depth knowledge if this grey world which to me sounds very credible.
MR
25 sep. 2019
Intressant, spännande och givande att få insikt hur CIA och contractors arbetar. En bok värd att lyssna på!
Jens
31 aug. 2022
A little too political for my taste. Interesting though
Joakim
28 dec. 2023
Too much USA is the best, and iam the best, couldn't finish it.
Max
17 mars 2021
Amassing! Thrilling, funny and excitingly.
Fredrik
8 feb. 2023
Klockren och från hästens mun.
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