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Author:

Fainaru, Steve.

Title:

Big boy rules : America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq / Steve Fainaru.

Publisher:

Available from Perseus Books Group,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xvii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Iraq War, 2003-
Mercenary troops--United States.
Mercenary troops--Iraq.

Notes:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0306817438 (alk. paper)
9780306817434 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191926246

LCCN:

2008936774

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

NDPD953 -- Forest City Public Library (Forest City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)