Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq

Making a Killing: The Explosive Story of a Hired Gun in Iraq by Ashcroft, James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781852273118.

In September 2003, James Ash Ashcroft, a former British Infantry Captain, arrived in Iraq as a gun for hire. It was the beginning of an 18-month journey into blood and chaos. In this action-packed page-turner, Ashcroft reveals the dangers of his adrenalin-fuelled life as a security contractor in Baghdad, where private soldiers outnumber non-US Coalition forces in a war that is slowly being privatised. From blow-by-blow accounts of days under mortar bombardment to revelations about life operating deep within the Iraqi community, Ashcroft shares the real, unsanitised story of the war in Iraq -- and its aftermath -- direct from the front line. From the Trade Paperback edition.