Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq (Hardback)
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Short Description for Making a Killing In September 2003, James Ashcroft, a former British Infantry captain, landed in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was the beginning of a journey into chaos. Here, 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 $1000 a day.
Full description- Publisher: Virgin Books
- Published: 09 March 2010
- Format: Hardback 256 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | True War & Combat Stories | War & Defence Operations | Middle Eastern History | 21st Century History: From C 2000 - | Military History | Iraq War
- ISBN 13: 9781852273118 ISBN 10: 1852273119
- Sales rank: 903,596
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Full description for Making a Killing
In the tradition of Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero comes an explosive insider's account of life as a private soldier in Iraq. In September 2003, James 'Ash' 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 blood and chaos. In Making a Killing, 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 $1000 a day. But he also reveals a new kind of warfare where the rules are still being written. Although hostilities are officially over, the fighting goes on. Scores of US soldiers are dying every day and Coalition Forces are struggling to defend their own bases, let alone bring order. And the death of every insurgent killed only recruits a dozen more to fight Western forces.
