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Search - Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible

Merchant of Death Money Guns Planes and the Man Who Makes War Possible
Author: Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun

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 Th... more »e 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

ISBN-13: 9780470048665
ISBN-10: 0470048662
Publication Date: 7/9/2007
Pages: 320
Rating:

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.

3.3 stars, based on 2 ratings

Publisher: Wiley
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Biographies & Memoirs >> General
History >> Military >> Weapons & Warfare >> Conventional >> General
Nonfiction >> Current Events >> Arms Control
Politics & Social Sciences >> Crime & Criminals >> Criminology

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