World Famous Comics: Making a Killing

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World Famous Comics: Making a Killing

Making a Killing

By: James Ashcroft
Publisher: Virgin Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Label: Virgin Books
Number of Items: 1
Number of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 03, 2007
Release Date: April 03, 2007

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Editorial Comments

Product Description:

Between coalition troops and the Iraqi security forces lies an unnamed and uncounted third column: soldiers of fortune. In September 2003, James Ashcroft, a former British Infantry captain who served in West Belfast and Bosnia, landed in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was the beginning of an 18-month journey into chaos. Ashcroft provides a first-hand view of the secret world of private security where ex-soldiers employed to protect US and British interests can make up to $1,000 a day. But he also reveals a new kind of warfare where the rules - if you can call them that - are still being written.

Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 4.50 out of 5.00 stars

Never saw book!
Hello, this book apparently was not received by ship to address and I sent email asking for it to be shipped instead to me and I never received it.

Why?

Charles O'Connor

Very detailed and a fluid read
Very intereesting look into the actual life a high profile security contractor. Although a tad short, the stories told are very detailed and flow together with ease.

The Dirty Brit
I think the book was well written by the author. He had good detail about his time in Iraq as a contractor. What I didn't like was that he seemed to down the US Military and the tactics they use. He makes it out that the Army just goes out and kills anything that moves(which is not true).
I served in Iraq as Marine and with the Army and I never witnessed any actions that he says he saw (Does it happen yes I am sure) But some security companies do cause problems for US soldiers as well. Security contractors do a great job and are needed in Iraq. Capt James Ashcroft should have spent time as a real soldier in a real war instead of a gun for hire before making such judgments about Americas troops. Beyond all that the book gives good accounts about his time in Iraq.

Great Read!!!
I found this to be a really enjoyable read. It's definitely action-packed! I enjoyed the candid writing and the Brit perspective. As an active duty U.S. military officer and I found his descriptions extremely accurate and insightful. Here's to hoping he writes another book.

Very readable and entertaining
This book is a highly entertaining read! I thoroughly enjoyed it. I only gave it 4 stars, but I can be a bit of a miser when it comes to ratings. Ashcroft really does a good job describing the early part of the Iraq occupation through the eyes of a Brit. I really like how his nationality and the differences in his military training and tactics influence the narrative in the book. I also found his many little stories about working with the local people to be very humorous and insightful at the same time. Not quite BlackHawk Down, but right up there with The Long Road Home or Lone Survivor in my opinion.

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