Outstanding book, and I give it two thumbs up.  I don’t get a chance to read many books these days, and this was a book that I wanted to get my hands on and read ever since it came out. No disappointments either.  So let me do a run down of what inspired me, […]

   For the record, I have not read any of his books, but I am definitely intrigued.  It’s not so often that you find guys in this industry that are current contractors, and authors of several books.  If any of the readership has anything to say about his stuff, I am all ears. They certainly […]

   This is pure cool stuff. lol This website lists a different character of history every week, and they have a book as well. -Matt
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   Another book for the holidays.  Last Christmas it was all about David’s book, and this year, it looks like Allison’s book is the latest thing.  It is not only praised by David, but is mentioned by Friedman in his Op-ed here, and it is also mentioned in the latest CNAS report about contractors here. So basically, […]

     Get a load of this guy? Scary to say the least.  The Neanderthal seemed like quite an adversary for our ancient human cousins, and they certainly don’t look like the cuddly Geico Commercial cavemen we see all the time.  Can you imagine this guy hunting and eating you, or kidnapping the women in […]

     Hey guys and gals, this is pretty cool. Normally, I am always promoting some book of an author that I don’t know.  In this case, I know the book and the author, and I am really excited to promote both.
    Jake has been working hard on this book over the last year or […]

   I have not read this book, but it came up on my radar and I thought I would get the word out about it.  Certainly this is a controversial subject, and hopefully it will spark some rational debate about the concept.  Oh, and this won’t be shipping out until December, so you have some […]

Listen to the podcast and read Jake Allen’s review here.
 

    Add this to your reading list.  Paul Howe has produced another outstanding resource for the military/police/contractor community.  For the record, I have not read this book because it just came out.  If any FJ readers have anything to say about the book, let it rip in the comments section, because I would be very […]

The convention does not want to eliminate the use of private companies at all…. -Shaista Shameem
Over a decade ago, Kofi Annan concluded that the world wasn’t ready for privatized peacekeeping. It’s still not. But that shouldn’t mean that we are oblivious to the very important role that many private military and security companies are playing […]