A Washington Post Best Book of the Year
Respected journalists Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun tell the
incredible story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose
global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's vast
enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter
in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and
the American military in Iraq. Combining spy thrills with crucial
insights on the shortcomings of a U.S. foreign policy that fails to
confront the lucrative and lethal arms trade that erodes global
security, they show how Bout has successfully skirted every attempt to
undo his enterprise and flourishes, while the worlds' premier
intelligence services have largely given up the chase.