Roland Strandberg har levt ett i det närmaste ofattbart fartfyllt liv. Han har hotats med kpist i det forna Östtyskland. Som ung sjöman klättrade han i skeppsmaster i full storm. …
One of Ian Rankin’s top ten books of 2021.‘One of the thrillers of the year’ Scottish SunWhen you have a problem that can’t be solved, you call John Tyler.Nine people are trapped …
Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and …
No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they're …
Keenie Meenie Services - the most powerful mercenary company you've never heard of - was involved in war crimes around the world from Sri Lanka to Nicaragua for which its shadowy …
Von Pittman's short story collection is a lesson in the shocking, heart-warming, and humorous finer points of life--that come to life as soon as you open the pages. The results of …
Some have claimed that'War is too important to be left to the generals,'but P. W. Singer asks'What about the business executives?'Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of …
On September 16, 2007, machine gun fire erupted in Baghdad's Nisour Square, leaving seventeen Iraqi civilians dead, among them women and children. The shooting spree, labeled …
When Neil Reynolds was first asked whether hed like to work in Iraq as a private military contractor, he didnt even know where it was on the map. But he would quickly learn the lay …
With a blend of narrative and analysis, this book explores the extent to which mercenaries have been used, from Sumer to Rome, and the reasons governments hired them when they …
