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Author Fainaru, Steve.

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

Publication Info. [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, [2008]
©2008

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  956.7044 FAINARU    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  BKCD 956.7044 FAI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  956.7044 FAI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  956.70443 FAI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.354 F14    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  355.354 FAI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  956.70443 FA    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 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.
Subject Mercenary troops -- United States.
Mercenary troops -- Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
ISBN 9780306817434: $26.00
0306817438
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