The work that nearly 100,000 armed men do alongside the overworked military during the Iraq war as "security contractors" is examined in a gritty account of the lives of these mercenaries, their dangerous assignments, and their motivation for doing what they do.

Includes maps of: [Camp Anaconda - Main Supply Route Tampa - Tallil Air Base - Camp Navistar]; [Attack on Crescent Security Group - Bridge 3 - Main Supply Route Tampa - Safwan Junction - Wolf's Den - Camp Navistar]; [Crescent Kidnapping].

Prologue: On the border -- Social studies, inc. --I want to kill somebody today -- The last train -- We protect the military -- The stories you tell -- Now you are going to die -- Your blood -- Scope of authority: God -- Hostage affairs -- BlackRwatey for special security -- Faith that looks through death -- Epilogue: The book of wisdom.