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Big boy rules : America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq
Author
Title
Big boy rules : America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq / Steve Fainaru.
ISBN
9780306817434 :
0306817438
Published
[Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, c2008.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
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.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index.
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
Balckrwatey for special security
Faith that looks through death
Epilogue: The book of wisdom.
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