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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fainaru, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, MA] : Philadelphia : Da Capo Press ; Available from Perseus Books Group, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.