The Modern Mercenary

2014 Business & Economics

Author : Sean McFate
Release : 2014
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Modern Mercenary written by Sean McFate. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. As a former paratrooper and private military contractor, McFate provides an unparalleled perspective into the nuts and bolts of the industry, as well as a sobering prognosis for the future of war.

The Mercenary

2021-02-02 Fiction

Author : Paul Vidich
Release : 2021-02-02
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book The Mercenary written by Paul Vidich. This book was released on 2021-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed spy novelist Paul Vidich comes a taut new thriller following the attempted exfiltration of a KGB officer from the ever-changing—and always dangerous—USSR in the mid-1980s. Moscow, 1985. The Soviet Union and its communist regime are in the last stages of decline, but remain opaque to the rest of the world—and still very dangerous. In this ever-shifting landscape, a senior KGB officer—code name GAMBIT—has approached the CIA Moscow Station chief with top secret military weapons intelligence and asked to be exfiltrated. GAMBIT demands that his handler be a former CIA officer, Alex Garin, a former KGB officer who defected to the American side. The CIA had never successfully exfiltrated a KGB officer from Moscow, and the top brass do not trust Garin. But they have no other options: GAMBIT's secrets could be the deciding factor in the Cold War. Garin is able to gain the trust of GAMBIT, but remains an enigma. Is he a mercenary acting in self-interest or are there deeper secrets from his past that would explain where his loyalties truly lie? As the date nears for GAMBIT’s exfiltration, and with the walls closing in on both of them, Garin begins a relationship with a Russian agent and sets into motion a plan that could compromise everything.

My Friend the Mercenary

2011-03-01 History

Author : James Brabazon
Release : 2011-03-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 954/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book My Friend the Mercenary written by James Brabazon. This book was released on 2011-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Intensely vivid story of war and the peculiar breed of warriors who fight in 21st-century Africa . . . and tribute to an extraordinary comrade-at-arms.” —Kirkus Reviews In February 2002, British journalist James Brabazon set out to travel with guerrilla forces into Liberia to show the world what was happening in that war-torn country. To protect him, he hired Nick du Toit, a former South African Defence Force soldier who had fought in conflicts across Africa for over three decades. What follows is an incredible behind-the-scenes account of the Liberian rebels—known as the LURD—as they attempt to seize control of the country from government troops led by President Charles Taylor. In this gripping narrative, James Brabazon paints a brilliant portrait of the chaos that tore West Africa apart: nations run by warlords and kleptocrats, rebels fighting to displace them, ordinary people caught in the crossfire—and everywhere adventurers and mercenaries operating in war’s dark shadows. It is a brutally honest book about what it takes to be a journalist, survivor, and friend in this morally corrosive crucible. “A classic story of intrigue, greed, and violence in one of the most dysfunctional countries in the world. It is a gripping story that I couldn’t read fast enough.” —Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author

Casca

1982 Mercenary troops

Author : Barry Sadler
Release : 1982
Genre : Mercenary troops
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Book Rating : 724/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Casca written by Barry Sadler. This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blackwater

2011-05-26 History

Author : Jeremy Scahill
Release : 2011-05-26
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 789/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Blackwater written by Jeremy Scahill. This book was released on 2011-05-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil. Its contacts run from military and intelligence agencies to the upper echelons of the White House; it has a military base, a fleet of aircraft and 20,000 troops, but since September 2007 the firm has been hit by a series of scandals that, far from damaging the company, have led to an unprecedented period of expansion. This revised and updated edition includes Scahill's continued investigative work into one of the outrages of our time: the privatisation of war.

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