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This book presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security. In blunt everyday language, Cole gives readers an unusually candid and often hair-raising glimpse into the reality at street level as he and his colleagues navigate dangerous sectors of Iraq dodging the bombs and bullets aimed at them by wannabe heroes. It paints a brutally realistic picture of the bleak and perilous road ahead.

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Welcome to Iraq; Will Work for a Ride; Every Day a Drive-By Shooting; Shoot First, Ask Questions Later; All It Takes is One Bullet; A Safe House That's Not So Safe; Late for Work, Go to Jail; What's Wrong with This Picture?; No Pedicure for Me, Thanks; The Beheaded Body; One Nasty Gesture; A Warning Ignored; Going Home in a Pine Box; The Politics of War; Mountain Man; Hand Chosen for a Special Assignment; Ten Minutes from Death; Epilogue: Where We Stand; Index.

Under the Gun in Iraq: My Year Training the Iraqi

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      Publisher: Prometheus Books
      Publication Date: 30/09/2007
      ISBN13: 9781591025559, 978-1591025559
      ISBN10: 1591025559

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security. In blunt everyday language, Cole gives readers an unusually candid and often hair-raising glimpse into the reality at street level as he and his colleagues navigate dangerous sectors of Iraq dodging the bombs and bullets aimed at them by wannabe heroes. It paints a brutally realistic picture of the bleak and perilous road ahead.

      Table of Contents
      Welcome to Iraq; Will Work for a Ride; Every Day a Drive-By Shooting; Shoot First, Ask Questions Later; All It Takes is One Bullet; A Safe House That's Not So Safe; Late for Work, Go to Jail; What's Wrong with This Picture?; No Pedicure for Me, Thanks; The Beheaded Body; One Nasty Gesture; A Warning Ignored; Going Home in a Pine Box; The Politics of War; Mountain Man; Hand Chosen for a Special Assignment; Ten Minutes from Death; Epilogue: Where We Stand; Index.

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