Highway to Hell: Dispatches from a Mercenary in Iraq
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Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Jo V. (jovan) reviewed on + 301 more book reviews
My only complaint about this book is that there's not more of it.
A fascinating look at Iraq from the perspective of a private security contractor in the war zone. X-SAS officer John Geddes provides security for business men, media reporters, and the occasional insane tourist. He tells his story in the relaxed conversational way that veteran's tell their war stories. There's plenty of Bruce Willi blow 'em up movie type action, but there's also unique boot-on-the-ground insights on not just the war and the military participants, but the history of the Sunnie and Shia conflict and the UN's less than stellar track record in war zones.
A fascinating look at Iraq from the perspective of a private security contractor in the war zone. X-SAS officer John Geddes provides security for business men, media reporters, and the occasional insane tourist. He tells his story in the relaxed conversational way that veteran's tell their war stories. There's plenty of Bruce Willi blow 'em up movie type action, but there's also unique boot-on-the-ground insights on not just the war and the military participants, but the history of the Sunnie and Shia conflict and the UN's less than stellar track record in war zones.
