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Books : Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq |
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List Price: $29.99Amazon.com's Price: $21.89 You Save: $8.10 (27%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9781400107827
Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged
ISBN: 1400107822
Label: Tantor Media
Manufacturer: Tantor Media
Number Of Items: 7
Publication Date: November 01, 2008
Publisher: Tantor Media
Sales Rank: 739428
Studio: Tantor Media
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Traveling with a group of American security contractors---mercenaries, or 'mercs'---Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Steve Fainaru reveals in gritty detail the men who live by Big Boy Rules.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Ugly
Steve Fainaru's new book Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq is an eye-opening story of what is being done in the name of America in Iraq. The need for private security contracting became clear early on in Iraq, as our volunteer army was spread thin. Fainaru presents what this contracting entails, using one company, Crescent Security Group, and one contractor, Jon Cote, as his primary focus. What Fainaru describes is a degree of lawlessness that will lead to the discomfort of most ... Read More
Rating:  - Powerful book, a story that needs to be told.
Ironic title.. It should have been titled 'No Rules!'. I was blown away at the total lack of regard for human life on both sides of this issue. Well written tragic story.
Rating: - Big Boy Rules
This book is not only true, but is still currently in the news. The recent charges against 14 of the mercenaries for killing innocent civilians (women and children) will keep this story on the front pages for quite some time to come. As for the writing itself , the author won a pulitzer prize for the story. What more needs to be said? I live very near one of the men in the story so I had a special interest in reading it. It is a book for all to read regardless of your views on the war. You will find ... Read More
Rating: - RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "THE UNWANTED, DOING THE UNFORGIVABLE, FOR THE UNGRATEFUL."
As an honorably discharged Viet Nam era veteran I try to keep an insightful eye on the transformations that seem to inevitably take place in every war... as assuredly as night follows day. From the battle field strategies maneuvering battalions... to the increasing use of sniper teams... to the current... almost unbelievable use of large... larger... and largest... *PRIVATE ARMIES*. Call them mercenaries (merc's) if you desire... but in today's reality it has almost become a militarized-privatized-Fortune ... Read More
Rating: - Very well written and engrossing account of the war in Iraq and it's unseen impact on the lives of those who serve it's cause
I recently completed this read. I found Mr. Fainaru's depiction of the experiences and lives of the mercenaries to be frank, eye opening, sometimes humorous and in many cases very heartrending.
Steve describes the chronological events in graphic detail and paints a picture of life and death in Iraq. His portrayal of the months leading up to and the last days of Jon Cote's life describe a young man obviously tortured by events from his past and struggling to find peace. His outlet, the Iraq War. ... Read More
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