Description
Book SynopsisAn explosive account of a secret group of mercenaries based on newly declassified documents.
Trade Review'An excellent book' - Military History Matters
'The pace and narrative are Le Carre-esque, but made even more compelling by the fact that the events are true' - Joe Glenton, ForcesWatch
'Lifts the lid on KMS's activities and the men behind it' - Daily Mail
'Very, very explosive' - Qasa Alom, BBC Asian Network
'The UK's most important investigative journalist' - Mark Curtis, author of Secret Affairs: Britain's Collusion with Radical Islam
'Remarkable' - Paul Rogers, Open Democracy
'Miller pilots you into a twilight world, where the pioneers of a rapacious industry blaze a trail of death and destruction across the continents, with a nod and a wink from Whitehall. This is the riveting story of HMG’s dirty secret service: an investigative tour de force' - Jonathan Miller, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News
'Draws forensic inferences to create leads and story-trails'
-- Irish Times
'Compelling and accessible'
-- Counterfire
Table of ContentsAcronyms and Abbreviations
Map of the Arabian Peninsula
Map of Sri Lanka
Timeline
Photographs
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction: Return of the Privateers
1. White Sultan of Oman
2. Bodyguards and Business Building
3. Teenage Rebellions
4. The Upside Down Jeep
5. Oliver North’s British Mercenary
6. The Exploding Hospital
7. Mercenaries and Mujahideen
8. The English Pilot
9. Grenades in Wine Glasses
10. Bugger Off My Land!
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
