Books like Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill

In *Dirty Wars*, former *Blackwater* author Jeremy Scahill turns the lens on the United States’ covert military operations, revealing how Special Operations Forces are dispatched daily across the globe—and even within the United States—executing targeted killings, drone strikes, and other missions funded by undisclosed budgets. From the Bush era to President Obama’s expanded use of these ‘ghost militias,’ Scahill traces the transformation of foreign policy into day‑to‑day warfare, exposing the lack of congressional oversight and the ethical dilemmas posed by a national death squad. Drawing on frontline reports from Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond, the book paints a stark picture of a global killing machine that operates in the shadows and gives voice to its victims, including an American citizen marked for assassination by his own government.

First publish date: 2013