Big Boy Rules - In the Company of America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq

Informationen zum Autor Steve Fainaru is a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post . In 2008 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He lives in El Cerrito, California. Klappentext In the Company of America's Mercenaries Fighting In Iraq. "Steve Fainaru tells a story that is at the heart of the war in Iraq; the US military's unprecedented reliance on mercenaries. It is a dark tale that until now has remained largely untold! and it is related brilliantly here. To understand this war! you must read this book"- The Washington Post. Steve Fainaru is the winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. Zusammenfassung From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable journey into Iraq's parallel war,a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. Fainaru reveals in gritty and shocking detail what drives these men to do the world's most dangerous work.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Fainaru, Fainaru Steve
• Publisher: Dacapo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780306818387
• ISBN: 978-0-306-81838-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Iraq War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General