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Summary:

It's the dirty little secret of the War on Terror: all bets are off, and almost anything goes. The rules of the game and of engagement have fundamentally changed. Today drone strikes, night raids, and U.S. government targeted killings occur in corners across the globe, killing untold numbers of civilians. Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret fighting force in U.S. history, exposing operations carried out by men who do not exist on paper and will never appear before Congress. No target is off-limits for the JSOC "kill list," not even U.S. citizens.

Table of Contents:

• A secret army
• A war without end
• A journalist determined to unvocer the truth.

Contributors:

Rowley, Rick , film director

Scahill, Jeremy , narrator, screenwriter, film producer

Riker, David, 1963- , screenwriter

Arnove, Anthony, 1969- , film producer

Coughlin, Brenda , film producer

Civic Bakery (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Big Noise Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Sundance Selects (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

MPI Media Group , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

English
Spanish

Language Notes:

In English with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

Main Work:

Dirty wars (Motion picture)

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Dirty wars [by Scahill, J.]

Subjects:

Special operations (Military science) — United States — History — 21st century

United States — History, Military — 21st century

Terrorism — Prevention — Government policy — United States — History — 21st century

Targeted killing — United States — History — 21st century

Intelligence service — United States — History — 21st century

United States — Military policy — History — 21st century

United States — Military policy — Moral and ethical aspects

United States Joint Special Operations Command

Military intelligence — United States

Terrorism — Prevention

Scahill, Jeremy — Film adaptations

Scahill, Jeremy

2000-2099

Terrorism

Targeted killing

Intelligence service

Military policy

Military policy — Moral and ethical aspects

Special operations (Military science)

Military intelligence

History, Military

Terrorism — Prevention — Government policy

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Documentary films

Film adaptations

Feature films

Nonfiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Feature films — United States

Feature films — Afghanistan

Feature films — Iraq

History

System Details:

DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Performers:

Narrated by Jeremy Scahill.

Production Credits:

Original music, Davide Harrington ; performed by Kronos Quartet ; editors, Richard Rowley, David Riker.

General Notes:

Based on the book Dirty wars : the world is a battlefield / Jeremy Scahill.
Originally released as a documentary film in 2013.
"Sundance Selects"--Container's spine.
Special features: Breaking out of the green zone making-of featurette, trailer.
Cinematography Award, U.S. Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2013.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

UB251.U5 DIR 2013 DVD

ISBNs:

0788617206
9780788617201

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 030306988498
Publisher Number, IFC Films: IFC9884

OCLC Numbers:

877890303
857795510 [Invalid]