Under the Gun in Iraq: My Year Training the Iraqi Police

In this book Robert Cole—a retired California police officer hired by DynCorp as an international police trainer—presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security. In blunt, everyday language, Cole gives the reader an unusually candid and often hair-raising glimpse into reality at the street level as he and his colleagues navigate the dangerous sectors of Baghdad, Tikrit, and Kirkuk, dodging explosions and bullets aimed at them by young, Iraqi, w...