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After meeting a covert team of contractors at the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003, Robert Young Pelton embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand the shadowy world of hired guns in the War on Terror.
Licensed to Kill takes us inside the CIA's dirty wars; the brutal contractor murders in Fallujah and the Alamo-like sieges in Najaf; the training camps where ex-Special Operations soldiers and even small-town cops learn the ropes; the contractor conventions where macho attendees swap bullet-punctuated tales and discuss upcoming gigs; and the grim Central African prison where contractors-turned-failed-mercenaries pay a steep price.
With the shocking clarity that can come only from firsthand observation, Pelton shows that thousands of contractors have been given a license to kill, their services available to the highest bidder.
Licensed to Kill takes us inside the CIA's dirty wars; the brutal contractor murders in Fallujah and the Alamo-like sieges in Najaf; the training camps where ex-Special Operations soldiers and even small-town cops learn the ropes; the contractor conventions where macho attendees swap bullet-punctuated tales and discuss upcoming gigs; and the grim Central African prison where contractors-turned-failed-mercenaries pay a steep price.
With the shocking clarity that can come only from firsthand observation, Pelton shows that thousands of contractors have been given a license to kill, their services available to the highest bidder.