Big boy rules
Subtitle: in the company of America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq
By: Steve Fainaru
Publisher: Da Capo; Perseus Running [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780306818387
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Mercenary troops
Description: Journey into Iraq's parallel, "outsourced" war--a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. They are "private security contractors"--the U.S. government's sanitized name for modern mercenaries--working for companies like Crescent Security Group, Triple Canopy, and Blackwater Worldwide. Fainaru reveals what drives these men to do the world's most dangerous work. From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : on the border; title: Social studies, inc.; title: I want to kill somebody today; title: The last train; title: We protect the military; title: The stories you tell; title: Now you are going to die; title: Your blood; title: Scope of authority : God; title: Hostage affairs; title: BlackRwatey for special security; title: Faith that looks through death; title: Epilogue : the book of wisdom.