Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq

Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq
ISBN-10
0767930258
ISBN-13
9780767930253
Series
Highway to Hell
Category
Iraq War, 2003-
Pages
273
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Random House Digital, Inc.
Author
John Geddes

Description

A private military contractor offers a look at the lives of hired mercenaries and their role in the private war with the insurgents in Iraq, going behind the scenes with the soldiers of fortune hired to protect executives, journalists, and other civilians

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