DirtyWarsfollowsinvestigativereporterJeremyScahill,authoroftheinternationalbestsellerBlackwater,intothehiddenworldofAmerica'scovertwars,fromAfghanistantoYemen,Somalia,andbeyondPartactionfilmandpartdetectivestory,DirtyWarsisagrippingjourneyintooneofthemostimportantandunderreportedstoriesofourtimeWhatbeginsasareportonadeadlyUSnightraidinaremotecornerofAfghanistanquicklyturnsintoaglobalinvestigationofthesecretiveandpowerfulJointSpecialOperationsCommandJSOCAsScahilldigsdeeperintotheactivitiesofJSOC,heispulledintoaworldofcovertoperationsunknowntothepublicandcarriedoutacrosstheglobebymenwhodonotexistonpaperandwillneverappearbeforeCongressInmilitaryjargon,JSOCteams"find,fix,andfinish"theirtargets,whoareselectedthroughasecretprocessNotargetisofflimitsforthe"killlist,"includingUScitizens