Book description
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.
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.
