First-rate journalism by an indefatigable reporter.

- Lewis Lapham, Editor, Harper's Magazine

A four-star tale of government and industry running amuck.

Kirkus Reviews

If contemporary novels such as Don DeLillo's and James Ellroy's <i>American Tabloid</i> evoke the melodramatic outlines of a secret government ... then Ken Silverstein's <i>Private Warriors</i> depicts the real thing behind the fiction, the steely-jawed careerists whose Cold War mentality and insider savvy hold sway over national policy.

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Widely-researched and fast-paced, Private Warriors surveys the generals, gun-runners and national security staffers who were cast adrift at the end of the Cold War and who now operate in the private sector. In these pages we encounter Ernst Werner Glatt, a right-wing German who was for many years the Pentagon's preferred gun-runner; ex-Secretary of State Alexander Haig who now lobbies for China and assists in selling weapons to Turkey; and Frank Gaffney, an ex-Pentagon official who has grown rich by promoting the biggest boondoggle of them all, Star Wars. Today's private warriors have a direct financial interest in war and the connections to push for the maintenance of bloated military budgets.
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Widely-researched and fast-paced, "Private Warriors" surveys the generals, gun-runners and national security staffers who were cast adrift at the end of the Cold War and who now operate in the private sector.
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Widely-researched and fast-paced, "Private Warriors" surveys the generals, gun-runners and national security staffers who were cast adrift at the end of the Cold War and who now operate in the private sector.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781859843253
Publisert
2001-08-17
Utgiver
Verso Books; Verso Books
Vekt
372 gr
Høyde
183 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, P, 05, 01, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
286

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Ken Silverstein is a freelance journalist living in Washington, DC. He is a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine. The Nation and Mother Jones.