In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater’s reputation grew, demand for its services escalated, and its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions for both the Bush and Obama administrations. It was a huge success except for one problem: Blackwater was demonized around the world. Its employees were smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, or worse. And because of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to correct false...
Overview
The Evenings at Acton series kicked off with an address by Erik Prince, the founder and former CEO of Blackwater, Inc. The title of Prince's address was Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror. His recently released book bears the same title.
The lecture took place on February 18, 2014 at the Acton Institute's Mark Murray Auditorium in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
