Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.
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Prologue: On the border -- Social studies, inc. --I want to kill somebody today -- The last train -- We protect the military -- The stories you tell -- Now you are going to die -- Your blood -- Scope of authority: God -- Hostage affairs -- BlackRwatey for special security -- Faith that looks through death -- Epilogue: The book of wisdom.
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The work that nearly 100,000 armed men do alongside the overworked military during the Iraq war as "security contractors" is examined in a gritty account of the lives of these mercenaries, their dangerous assignments, and their motivation for doing what they do.