Making A Killing: The Explosive Story Of A Hired Gun In Iraq (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR)

Ashcroft, Captain James With Thurlow, Clifford

ISBN 10: 1852273119 / ISBN 13: 9781852273118

Published by Virgin, London, 2006

About this Item

Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR CLIFFORD THURLOW, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For ---- & -----/Best Wishes/Clifford Thurlow/Christmas 06'. In September 2003, James 'Ash' Ashcroft, a former British Infantry Captain, arrived in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was the beginning of an 18-month journey into blood and chaos. With Glossary and Index. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE C0-AUTHOR.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making A Killing: The Explosive Story Of A Hired Gun In Iraq (FINE COPY OF SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY CO-AUTHOR)
• Publisher: Virgin, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852273119
• ISBN 13: 9781852273118
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed By Co-Autho
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography and Autobiography
  • History
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

In September 2003, James 'Ash' Ashcroft, a former British Infantry Captain, arrived in Iraq as a 'gun for hire'. It was the beginning of an 18-month journey into blood and chaos.

In this action-packed page-turner, Ashcroft reveals the dangers of his adrenalin-fuelled life as a security contractor in Baghdad, where private soldiers outnumber non-US Coalition forces in a war that is slowly being privatised. From blow-by-blow accounts of days under mortar bombardment to revelations about life operating deep within the Iraqi community, Ashcroft shares the real, unsanitised story of the war in Iraq -- and its aftermath -- direct from the front line.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

JAMES ASHCROFT is a former British Infantry Captain who served in West Belfast and Yugoslavia, and trained with various elite US Army and Marine Units. Since leaving the army James has spent twelve years as a security and risk consultant to multi-national clients and high net worth individuals around the world. He worked as a private security contractor in Iraq from September 2003 to May 2005.


From the Trade Paperback edition.