Big boy rules : America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq /
The work that nearly 100,000 armed men do alongside the overworked military during the Iraq war as "security contractors" is examined in a gritty account of the lives of these mercenaries, their dangerous assignments, and their motivation for doing what they do.
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[Cambridge, MA] : Philadelphia :
Da Capo Press ; Available from Perseus Books Group,
2008.
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| 300 | |a xvii, 254 p. : |b ill., maps ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: On the border -- Social studies, inc. --I want to kill somebody today -- The last train -- We protect the military -- The stories you tell -- Now you are going to die -- Your blood -- Scope of authority: God -- Hostage affairs -- BlackRwatey for special security -- Faith that looks through death -- Epilogue: The book of wisdom. | |
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