Civilian Warriors
Civilian Warriors tells the true story of the United States’ most controversial military contractor.
In 1997, Mr. Prince founded a business to train law enforcement and special operations personnel. After 9-11 that capability grew into the full spectrum of recruiting vetting training and deploying high caliber personnel for some of the riskiest jobs in the world. As Blackwater’s unparalleled services became well-known in the private military space, demand for its services escalated. Under Mr. Prince’s leadership, Blackwater completed nearly 100,000 missions for the Bush and Obama Administrations and never lost a protectee in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Blackwater was a phenomenal success until the political tide turned against the company and Mr. Prince in the United States. As a result, the company and its employees were demonized in national and international press and media outlets. Because of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Mr. Prince was unable to correct false information. Civilian Warriors provides new insight and corrects the record regarding some of the most sensational controversies surrounding the War on Terror in a memoir.
Praise for Civilian Warriors
“Civilian Warriors provides a fascinating firsthand account of both Prince as an individual, and of Blackwater’s operations.”
Dr. Molly Dunigan, Fletcher Security
“Civilian Warriors is part political expose, part military thriller, part legal thriller, and part business guide, with triumphs and tragedies that will leave readers laughing at one moment, outraged the next, and totally unable to set it down.”
NY Journal of Books
“Prince’s book belongs on the shelf next to the memoirs of the other Iraq and Afghanistan war chieftains: Paul Bremer, Ricardo Sanchez, Stanley McChrystal, Donald Rumsfeld and Condoleezza Rice. Along with these other war memoirs, we need Prince’s story to help us understand the history of the post-9/11 wars and the myriad roles contractors played in these conflicts.”
The Washington Post
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