{"product_id":"death-is-our-business-russian-mercenaries-and-the-new-era-of-private-warfare-9781639733361","title":"Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . Essential reading for understanding Russia and modern warfare.\"-CHRIS MILLER, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eChip War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePutinomics \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"John Lechner is an amazingly bold reporter who has been to the key places where the Wagner Group fought, interviewing members, veterans, and victims to deliver a shrewd, granular sense of how Russian mercenary forces operate.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eADAM HOCHSCHILD, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKing Leopold's Ghost \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe shocking inside story of how the Wagner Group made private military companies inextricable from Russia's anti-Western foreign strategy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2014, a well-trained, mysterious band of mercenaries arrived in Ukraine, part of Russia's first attempt to claim the country as its own. Upon ceasefire, the \"Wagner Group\" faded back into shadow, only to reemerge in the Middle East, where they'd go toe-to-toe with the U.S., and in Africa, where they'd earn praise for \"tough measures\" against insurgencies yet spark outrage for looting, torture, and civilian deaths. As Russia gained a foothold of influence abroad, Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as \"Putin's Chef,\" went from caterer to commander to single greatest threat Putin has faced in his over-twenty-year rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDually armed with military and strategic prowess, the Wagner Group created a new market in a vast geopolitical landscape increasingly receptive to the promises of private actors. In this trailblazing account of the Group's origins and operations, John Lechner-the only journalist to report across its many warzones-brings us on the ground to witness Wagner partner with fragile nation states, score access to natural resources, oust peacekeeping missions, and cash in on conflicts reframed as Kremlin interests. After rebelling, Prigozhin faced an epic demise-but Wagner lives on, its political, business, and military ventures a pillar of Russian operations the world over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing exclusive interviews with over thirty Wagner Group members, \u003ci\u003eDeath Is Our Business \u003c\/i\u003eis the terrifying true tale of the renegade militia that proved global instability is nothing if not an opportunity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lechner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639733361","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43398011486345,"sku":"9781639733361","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_06679838-e9db-4134-80f4-719eaf3d5d23.jpg?v=1740473192","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/death-is-our-business-russian-mercenaries-and-the-new-era-of-private-warfare-9781639733361","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}