Welcome to Blackwater
Author | : Morgan Lerette |
Publisher | : Onward Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2020-10-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 1734098341 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781734098341 |
Rating | : 4/5 (341 Downloads) |
Download or read book Welcome to Blackwater written by Morgan Lerette and published by Onward Press. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Blackwater was the most notorious private contractor of the Global War on Terror. It provided security for State Department personnel in Iraq as they attempted to rebuild the country. In this scathingly honest memoir, Morgan Lerette, an Army and Air Force veteran, details the truth of working as a Blackwater contractor in Iraq. For eighteen months in 2004 and 2005, his days were filled with harrowing danger or mind-numbing tedium. Nights were raunchy parties with a cast of characters and antics to rival the most raucous frat house. The contractors had one goal: to survive. Some didn't. For others like Lerette, Blackwater proved a maturing experience that underscored the inhumanity of war. Writing with deft irony and dark humor, Lerette pulls back the curtain on the Blackwater myth to reveal a tale that is alternately laugh-out-loud absurd and cry-your-eyes-out sad as he navigates this pivotal chapter in his life and contemporary history." --