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Merchant of Death - Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible (Paperback)
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Merchant of Death - Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible (Paperback)
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Praise for Merchant of Death "A riveting investigation of the
world's most notorious arms dealer--a page-turner that digs deep
into the amazing, murky story of Viktor Bout. Farah and Braun have
exposed the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive
businesses--the international arms trade." -Peter L. Bergen, author
of The Osama bin Laden I Know "Viktor Bout is like Osama bin Laden:
a major target of U.S. intelligence officials who time and again
gets away. Farah and Braun have skillfully documented how this
notorious arms dealer has stoked violence around the world and
thwarted international sanctions. Even more appalling, they show
how Bout ended up getting millions of dollars in U.S. government
money to assist the war in Iraq. A truly impressive piece of
investigative reporting." -Michael Isikoff, coauthor of Hubris: The
Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
"Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun are two of the toughest
investigative reporters in the country. This is an important book
about a hidden world of gunrunning and profiteering in some of the
world's poorest countries." -Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The
Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the
Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "In Merchant of Death , two
of America's finest reporters have performed a major public
service, turning over the right rocks that reveal the brutal
international arms business at the dawn of the twenty-first
century. In Viktor Bout, they have given us a new Lord of War, a
man who knows no side but his own, and who has a knack for turning
up in every war zone just in time to turn a profit. As Farah and
Braun uncover and document his troubling role in the Bush
Administration's Global War on Terror, his ties to Washington
almost seem inevitable." -James Risen, author of State of War: The
Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration "An
extraordinary and timely piece of investigative reporting, Merchant
of Death is also a vividly compelling read. The true story of
Viktor Bout, a sociopathic Russian gunrunner who has supplied
weapons for use in some of the most gruesome conflicts of modern
times--and who can count amongst his clients both the former
Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the U.S. military in Iraq--is a
stomach-churning indictment of the policy failures and moral
contradictions of the world's most powerful governments, including
that of the United States. " -Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall
of Baghdad Two respected journalists tell the incredible story of
Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has
changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's vast enterprise of
guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter in Africa
and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the
American military in Iraq. This book combines spy thrills with
crucial insights on the shortcomings of a U.S. foreign policy that
fails to confront the lucrative and lethal arms trade that erodes
global security.
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