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Tag: Iraq

Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

Christopher Clancy

The pitfalls of privatizating the military is a major theme of my novel. Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army bestowed on me invaluable insight in my development of that theme.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Blackwater, Erik Prince, Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, Machiavelli, Paul Wolfowitz

The Yellow Birds

Christopher Clancy

Some works dazzle you from one moment to the next while some works quietly sink in, infiltrating the reader’s psyche without their noticing.

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Posted in: On Background Filed under: Iraq, Kevin Powers, University of Texas at Austin
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