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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fainaru, Steve
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, [2008]
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Description
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.
Physical Description:xvii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.
ISBN:9780306817434 :
0306817438