Death Is Our Business [electronic resource] : Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare
John Lechner2025
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"Incredible." -ANNIE JACOBSEN, author of Nuclear War, via X
From John Lechner, "an amazingly bold reporter" (Adam Hochschild), the shocking
inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies
inextricable from Russia's anti-Western foreign strategy.
In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part
of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the
“Wagner Group” faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East,
where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn
praise for “tough measures” against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting,
torture, and civilian deaths. As Russia gained a foothold of influence abroad,
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin's Chef,” went from caterer to
commander to single greatest threat Putin has faced in his over-twenty-year
rule.
Dually armed with military an...
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Author:
John Lechner, Author
Imprint:
New York United States : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (288 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781639733378
Language:
English
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BRN:
531700
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