Big Boy Rules: In the Company of America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq

From Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable journey into Iraq's parallel war--a world filled with tens of thousands of armed men roaming Iraq with impunity, doing jobs the military can't or won't do. Fainaru reveals in gritty and shocking detail what drives these men to do the world's most dangerous work.

Steve Fainaru is a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post. In 2008 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He lives in El Cerrito, California.