The founder of�Blackwater offers the�gripping true story�of the world s most�controversial military�contractor. In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians�for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater s reputation grew, demand�for its services escalated, and its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions�for both the Bush and Obama administrations. It was a huge success except for one problem: Blackwater was demonized around the�world. Its employees were smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, or worse. And because�of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department,�and the CIA, Prince was unable to correct false information. But now he s finally able�to tell the full story about some of the biggest controversies of the War on Terror, in a�memoir that reads like a thriller.
