TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raath,Johan
TI  - Blood Money: Stories of an ex-Recce's Missions in Iraq 
SN  - 9781612006628
AV  - DS79.765.S6 
U1  - 923.568 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Casemate Publishers
KW  - Raath, Johan.
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Mercenary troops
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Biography
KW  - Private military companies
KW  - Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011
KW  - Mercenaires
KW  - Irak
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Sociétés militaires privées
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Military
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Historical background to the war in Iraq; Acronyms and abbreviations; List of maps; 1. Good morning, Baghdad!; 2. From Special Forces operator to private military contractor; 3. A taste of everyday life in Iraq; 4. Badlands: Northwestern Iraq; 5. A Black Hawk encounter; 6. Tremulous times; 7. A country drenched in blood; 8. The road to hell; 9. Camp Tiger; 10. Feeling the heat; 11. A break from the Sandbox; 12. The 'new' Iraq; 13. Building villages from scratch; 14. Caught up in tribalism; 15. Reinvigorated evil; 16. New horizons; 17. A history written in bloodEpilogue; Addendum A; Addendum B; Notes; Roll of Honour; Index; About the author; Back Cover
N2  - A former Special Forces soldier'and presidential bodyguard'shares heart-stopping stories of his time as a private military contractor in Iraq.'I remember the cracking sound of the AK-47 bullets as they tore through our windscreen'.'.'. A piece of bullet struck my bulletproof vest in the chest area and another piece broke off and lodged in my left forearm.'Johan Raath and a security team were ambushed in May 2004 while on a mission to reconnoiter a power plant south of Baghdad for an American firm. He had been in the country for only two weeks. This was a taste of what was to come over the next few years as he worked as a private military contractor (PMC) in Iraq. His mission' Not to wage war, but to protect lives. Raath and his team provided security for engineers working on reconstruction projects in Iraq. Whether in the notorious Triangle of Death, in the deadly area around Ramadi, or in the faction-ridden Basra, Raath had numerous hair-raising experiences. Key to his survival was his training as a Special Forces operator, or Recce. This riveting account offers a rare glimpse into the world of private military contractors and the realities of everyday life in one of the world's most violent conflict zones
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