Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-265) and index.
Contents
Cast of characters -- Foreword / Jonathan Alter -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Blitzkrieg -- ch. 1. The private side of war -- ch. 2. Smelling smoke -- ch. 3. Where are my missiles? -- ch. 4. Breaking down -- ch. 5. Rumsfeld's Army -- pt. 2. Mission accomplished -- ch. 6. Dust and desperation -- ch. 7. Afflict the comfortable -- ch. 8. For the money -- ch. 9. A different kind of suburb -- ch. 10. The green zone -- pt. 3. Digging in -- ch. 11. Feeding frenzy -- ch. 12. Stepping into the breach -- ch. 13. The Berlin Wall -- ch. 14. Corporate cowboys in a war zone -- ch. 15. The hired guns -- pt. 4. The slog -- ch. 16. The other side of the force -- ch. 17. A different kind of black water -- ch. 18. The replacements -- pt. 5. Exposure -- ch. 19. The hand that feeds you -- ch. 20. Don Quixote vs. the Chairman -- ch. 21. Legal prayer -- ch. 22. Slumlord of Iraq -- ch. 23. The empire strikes back -- ch. 24. You go to war with the secretary of defense you have -- ch. 25. The war service industry -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.