Making a killing
Subtitle: the explosive story of a hired gun in Iraq
By: James Ashcroft with Clifford Thurlow
Contributors: Thurlow, Clifford
Publisher: Virgin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780753512340
Subjects: Soldiers of fortune; Private security services; Iraq War, 2003-
Description: In September 2003, James "Ash" Ashcroft, a former British Infantry captain who served in West Belfast and Bosnia, landed in Iraq as a gun for hire. It was the beginning of an 18-month journey into blood and chaos. In this action-packed page-turner, Ashcroft reveals the dangers of his adrenalin-fueled life as a security contractor in Baghdad, where private soldiers outnumber non-U.S. Coalition forces in a war that is slowly being privatized. From blow-by-blow accounts of days under mortar bombardment to revelations about life operating deep within the Iraqi community, Ashcroft shares the real, unsanitized story of the war in Iraq direct from the front line.
Notes: Originally published: 2006.

Includes index.