On October 2, 2007, the head of the private security firm Blackwater was called in to Congress explain his company's role in the killings of Iraqi civilians. Blackwater is one of many of military contractors that have become integral to the war in Iraq. House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) called the heavy reliance on private contractors a "remarkably unprecedented experiment."
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All in all, more than 190,000 private security and service contractors are supporting the U.S. in Iraq, compared to 163,000 troops. Ground Truth: The Business of War explores the often complicated and problematic realities of military contracting through the stories and insights of those with firsthand knowledge. |
