The name Blackwater, the world's largest private military contractor, became infamous early in the Iraq War, when four of its men were seized by a mob in Fallujah, murdered, and hung from a bridge for the world to see. This title tells the story of Erik Prince and his empire, a story of one of the modern world's most influential military figures.
Helps you meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has hired to operate in international war zones and on American oil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20, 000 troops.
Karl Penta is a tough, wiry Liverpudlian with a Scouser's natural dark humour. After answering an advert, he found himself in Surinam with the brief to bring down the government. Within weeks, the government was on its knees. Here, Penta tells the story of the ongoing situation in Surinam.