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 the tradition of Andy McNab's Bravo Two Zero comes an explosive insider's account of life as a private soldier in Iraq. In September 2003, James "Ash" 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 blood and chaos. Ashcroft provides a firsthand view of the secret world of private security where ex-soldiers employed to protect United States and British interests can make up to $1,000 a day. He also reveals a new kind of warfare where the rules are still being written; although hostilities are officially over, the fighting goes on. Scores of U.S. soldiers die every day and Coalition Forces struggle to defend their own bases, let alone bring order. The death of every insurgent killed only recruits a dozen more to fight Western forces.

About the Author

Captain James Ashcroft is a former British Infantry Captain who served as a private security contractor in Iraq from September 2003 until spring 2005.