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BL
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977703
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b732073
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| Main Entry
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Fainaru, Steve.
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| Title & Author
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Big boy rules : : America's mercenaries fighting in Iraq /\ Steve Fainaru.
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| Publication Statement
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[Cambridge, MA] :: Da Capo Press ;Philadelphia :: Available from Perseus Books Group,, 2008.
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xvii, 254 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0306817438
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: 9780306817434
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Mercenary troops-- Iraq.
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Mercenary troops-- United States.
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Bewachungsgewerbe
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Irakkrieg
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Iraq War (2003).
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Iraq.
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Mercenaries.
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Mercenary troops.
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Private military companies.
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Söldner
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United States of America.
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United States.
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Iraq.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.7044/342
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| LC Classification
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DS79.76.F335 2008
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