Describes dangerous places in more than thirty countries around the world, including war zones, crime areas, and centers of terrorist activity, and offers advice about safety, crime, wilderness survival, disease, and political repression, accompanied by firsthand accounts of adventures and experienc[...]

A revealing study of how private military contractors are transforming modern warfare assesses the role of the private sector in all aspects of the war against terror--from intelligence gathering and policy creation to actual combat and peacekeeping--discusses how such contractors are recruited, hir[...]