Dirty Wars

In this story from the frontlines of the undeclared battlefields of the War on Terror, Jeremy Scahill exposes America's new approach to war: fought far from any declared battlefield, by units that do not officially exist, in thousands of operations a month that are never publicly acknowledged.

From Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond, Scahill speaks to the CIA agents, mercenaries and elite Special Operations Forces operators. He goes deep into al Qaeda-held territory in Yemen and walks the streets of Mogadishu with CIA-backed warlords. We also meet the survivors of night raids and drone strikes, including families of US citizens targeted for assassination by their own government, who reveal the shocking human consequences of the dirty wars the United States struggle to keep hidden.

Dirty Wars provides a harrowing account of America's covert operations and the complexities of modern warfare. Jeremy Scahill's investigation unveils the grim realities faced by those living in the shadows of these hidden conflicts.