Customer Reviews:
 Breathtakingly Partisan in its Scope October 20, 2008
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I scarcely know where to begin. The book is absurdly biased, badly written and more than a little rambling.
Worse, this is documentary in the Michael Moore vein. I'm not a conservative and I'm no fan of current US foreign policy but this book is the worst sort of yellow journalism. This is a topic which deserves serious discussion. Maybe someone will write such a book but this isn't it. Save your time and money
 Twice as long as it needs to be October 6, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The pages are filled with more information than is needed. There are some interesting tidbits, but a lot of it is just biased or unnecesary. Its a struggle to stay interested in. Oh, and on page 97 the word 'Constructed' is spelled wrong. It is definately thoroughly researched, but aparently it includes evey word of that research, no revision to remove any excess fluff.
Left-wing Hit Job September 29, 2008
1 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is not an objective look at Blackwater but a left-wing hit job on the private security company, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush and the Iraq war. If your views line up with Dennis Kucinich then this might be for you.
unreadable September 26, 2008
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I quit this book about 100 pages in. I found it to be unreadable. My problem with the book was not its politics. I read The Nation and am a liberal Democrat.
My problem was the editing, or lack thereof. The author writes in a confusing nonlinear way, with too many digressions and too much irrelevant detail. Very hard to track his narrative and to figure out where he is going. He uses long quotes from other people, rather than digesting their facts and giving attribution by endnote or footnote; he thus includes many unnecessary words.
I see that the paperback version is described as revised. I do not know if it was revised to correct the style problems in the original. I hope so. If not, don't waste your time. The subject of this book is important, but I'll wait until someone who can tell a straight story, like Bob Woodward, or Jane Meyer, tackles this topic.
 War by Error September 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is hard to add usefully to the encomiums alrady heaped on this book, which details how a profit-seeking company, Blackwater, with the enthusiastic backing of the White House and Department of Defense and State Department,turned relatively innocuous administratve duties into a bloody crusade by untouchable privateers. Sad but true.
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