Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq by James Ashcroft, Clifford Thurlow (With)
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- Pub. Date: April 2007
- 256pp
- Sales Rank: 122,299
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2007
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Format: Hardcover, 256pp
- Sales Rank: 122,299
- ISBN-13: 9781852273118
- ISBN: 1852273119
Synopsis
Between coalition troops and the Iraqi security forces lies an unnamed and uncounted third column: soldiers of fortune. In September 2003, James 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 chaos. Ashcroft provides a first-hand view of the secret world of private security where ex-soldiers employed to protect US and British interests can make up to $1,000 a day. But he also reveals a new kind of warfare where the rules - if you can call them that - are still being written.
Biography
James Ashcroft is a former British Infantry Captain who served in West Belfast and Bosnia. He served as a private soldier in Iraq from September 2003 until Spring 2005.
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