As a British com­mando in the Spe­cial Air Ser­vices, John Ged­des fought mis­sions in the Falk­land Islands and ran under­cover ops in North­ern Ire­land and Bosnia. Unable to leave the action behind, he then became a soldier-for-hire, pro­tect­ing Amer­i­can and British media crews from hos­tile insur­gents in Iraq. He now teaches pri­vate mil­i­tary con­trac­tors, bodyguards, …