Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction xv
A War Story 1
Chapter 1 That Thing Is a Target 3
Chapter 2 What He Didn't Know 9
Mogadishu 15
Chapter 3 Setting the Trap 17
Chapter 4 The Security Ruse 25
The Olympic Park Bombing 39
Chapter 5 Wired 41
Chapter 6 The Fluctuating Needle 48
War Zone Training 55
Chapter 7 Cat and Mouse 57
Chapter 8 Finding a Support System 71
"Going Boom" 83
Chapter 9 Search and Intimidation 85
Chapter 10 The Smear Campaign 96
Improvised Armoring 103
Chapter 11 A Man without a Home 105
Chapter 12 A Culture of Paranoia 115
The Anxiety of Travel 121
Chapter 13 The Police State 123
Chapter 14 Enough Is Enough 128
Stranded in the Desert 133
Chapter 15 Jews Can't Be Trusted 135
Chapter 16 The Loss of LASS 140
Franz Gayl, Fellow Whistleblower 145
Chapter 17 The End Is Not the End 149
Chapter 18 Pariah 153
The Marble ER 161
Chapter 19 The Return to Base 163
Chapter 20 A Crusader Is Born 175
Mike Helms, Insult to Injury 181
Chapter 21 The Veil of State Secrets 185
Chapter 22 New Partners in the Fight 189
New Convoy Operations Training 197
Chapter 23 The Inspector General 199
Chapter 24 Cut and Paste 210
Photography of the Army Dead 219
Chapter 25 Experience and Deceit 221
Chapter 26 The Light Shines on the Truth 232
The Restriction and Replacement of Humvees 237
Chapter 27 Aftermath 239
Chapter 28 Are We There Yet? 246
Epilogue 249
Author's Note 251
Appendices 254
Acknowledgments 275
Endnotes 276
