Contract Warriors

by Rosen, Fred; DO NOT USE - Burton

• ISBN13: 9781592573028
• ISBN10: 1592573029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-05
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

With new realities becoming apparent regarding their role in U.S. military campaigns, mercenaries - soldiers and security specialists who contract out to the highest bidder - are a major topic today. From the dawn of military history to the current war in Iraq, mercenaries have played a vital role in most, if not all, military and paramilitary campaigns. Contract Warriors is the only book currently available that tells the dramatic story of mercenaries from the Bible to Ancient Rome, the Crusades to the American War of Independence, wars between world powers and between drug lords, and on present battlefronts in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Author Biography

Fred Rosen, an investigative journalist who has written extensively on crime, is currently an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Ulster Community College and of communication at New York Institute of Technology. He is the author of Born to the Mob, Lobster Boy, and Cremation in America.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Business of War	1	(18)
Colonel Tim Spicer, OBE	19	(12)
Iraq---2004	31	(14)
The Distant Past	45	(18)
The Origins of the Modern Contract Warrior	63	(32)
The Modern Age of War for Hire	95	(26)
The Black Ops World	121	(22)
PMCs In Iraq [2004]	143	(16)
Soldiers of Fortune	159	(24)
Epilogue	183	(4)
Afterword	187	(46)
Appendixes
A PMCs One Click Away	203	(6)
B South Africa's Anti-Mercenary Law	209	(6)
C Ancient Rome and Mercenaries	215	(6)
D Mercenary Miscellaneous	221	(8)
E Bibliography	229	(4)
Index	233