DirtyWarsfollowsinvestigativereporterJeremyScahill,authoroftheinternationalbestsellerBlackwater,intothehiddenworldofAmerica'scovertwars,fromAfghanistantoYemen,Somalia,andbeyond.Partactionfilmandpartdetectivestory,DirtyWarsisagrippingjourneyintooneofthemostimportantandunderreportedstoriesofourtime.WhatbeginsasareportonadeadlyU.S.nightraidinaremotecornerofAfghanistanquicklyturnsintoaglobalinvestigationofthesecretiveandpowerfulJointSpecialOperationsCommand(JSOC).AsScahilldigsdeeperintotheactivitiesofJSOC,heispulledintoaworldofcovertoperationsunknowntothepublicandcarriedoutacrosstheglobebymenwhodonotexistonpaperandwillneverappearbeforeCongress.Inmilitaryjargon,JSOCteams"find,fix,andfinish"theirtargets,whoareselectedthroughasecretprocess.Notargetisofflimitsforthe"killlist,"includingU.S.citizens.