Reveals how private contractors have put the lives of countless soldiers on the line while damaging America's strategic interests and image abroad. From the shameful war profiteering of companies like Halliburton/KBR to the sinister influence that corporate lobbyists have on American foreign policy, this work paints a disturbing picture.

In this shocking expose, two U.S government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless soldiers on the line while damaging America's strategic interests and image abroad. From the shameful war profiteering of companies like Halliburton/KBR to the sinister influence that corporate lobbyists have on American foreign policy, Rasor and Bauman paint a disturbing picture. Drawing on exclusive sources within government and the military, the authors show how money and power have conspired to undermine America's fighting forces and threaten the country's security.

PART I: BLITZKRIEG - The Private Side of War - Smelling Smoke - Where Are My Missiles? - Breaking Down - Rumsfeld's Army - PART II: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED - Dust and Desperation - Afflict the Comfortable - For the Money - A Different Kind of
Suburb - The Green Zone - PART III: DIGGING IN - Feeding Frenzy - Stepping into the Breach - The Berlin Wall - Corporate Cowboys in a War Zone - The Hired Guns - PART IV: THE SLOG
- The Other Side of the Force - A Different Kind of Black Water - The Replacements - PART V: EXPOSURE - The Hand That Feeds You - Don Quixote vs. the Chairman - Legal Prayer - Slumlord of Iraq - The Empire Strikes Back - You Go to War with
the Secretary of Defense You Have - The War Service Industry