The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis - Couverture souple

Davis, Raymon; Davis, Raymond

 
9781637749326: The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis
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ISBN 10 : 1637749325 ISBN 13 : 9781637749326
Editeur : BenBella Books, 2025

Synopsis

A lot has been written about the time contractor Raymond Davis spent in a Pakistani jail in 2011. Unfortunately, much of it is misleading—or downright false—information.

Now, the man at the center of the controversy tells his side of the story for the very first time. In The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis, Davis offers an up-close and personal look at the 2011 incident in Lahore, Pakistan, that led to his imprisonment and the events that took place as diplomats on both sides of the bargaining table scrambled to get him out.

How did a routine drive turn into front-page news? Davis dissects the incident before taking readers on the same journey he endured while trapped in the Kafkaesque Pakistani legal system. As a veteran security contractor, Davis had come to terms with the prospect of dying long before the January 27, 2011 shooting, but nothing could prepare him for being a political pawn in a game with the highest stakes imaginable.

An eye-opening memoir, The Contractor takes the veil off Raymond Davis's story and offers a sober reflection on the true cost of the War on Terror.

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À propos de l'auteur

Raymond Davis is a former United States Army soldier and military contractor who became the center of an international maelstrom after his involvement in a shooting in Lahore, Pakistan on January 27, 2011. Born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Davis spent 10 years in the army, the last six of which he spent as a member of the Special Forces. After being discharged from the army in 2003 because of an injury, Davis worked as a private contractor providing operational security in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Éditeur
BenBella Books
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1637749325
ISBN 13 
9781637749326
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1941631843 ISBN 13 :  9781941631843
Editeur : BenBella Books, 2017
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