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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| 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. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 235) and index |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 254 S. ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9780306817434 |
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