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OverviewWidely-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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ken SilversteinPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 18.30cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9781859843253ISBN 10: 1859843255 Pages: 286 Publication Date: 17 August 2001 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPrivate Warriors is an important book that exposes the seamy underside of U.S. defense policy--and illuminates some of the reasons we are still mired in a Cold War mode. Silverstein reveals the incestuous relationship between the arms industry and the U.S. government, and how together they are selling weapons to Third World countries that don't need them and can't afford them. --Charles Lewis, Executive Director, The Center for Public Integrity First-rate journalism by an indefatigable reporter. --Lewis Lapham, Editor, Harper's Magazine Private Warriors is an important book that exposes the seamy underside of U.S. defense policy--and illuminates some of the reasons we are still mired in a Cold War mode. Silverstein reveals the incestuous relationship between the arms industry and the U.S. government, and how together they are selling weapons to Third World countries that don't need them and can't afford them. --Charles Lewis, Executive Director, The Center for Public Integrity<br><br> First-rate journalism by an indefatigable reporter. --Lewis Lapham, Editor, Harper's Magazine Author InformationKen Silverstein is a freelance journalist living in Washington, DC. He is a regular contributor to Harper's Magazine. The Nation and Mother Jones. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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