Arms and the Dudes

Guy Lawson's Arms and the Dudes is the page-turning, inside account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons traders - and how the US government turned on them. In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, they bought cheap Communist-style surplus ammunition from Balkan gunrunners. The dudes then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy Chinese ammunition and shipped it to Kabul-until they were caught by Pentagon investigators and the scandal turned up on the front page of The New York Times . That's the 'official' story. The truth is far more explosive. It's a trip that goes from a dive apartment in Miami Beach to mountain caves in Albania, the corridors of power in Washington, and the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a story you were never meant to read. 'Like page-turning fiction, but 100% true' - CNBC

Product details

• Authors: Guy Lawson
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9780241975657
• ISBN: 978-0-241-97565-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Viking
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; True stories, True stories: general, True war and combat stories, Weapons & equipment, Weapons and equipment