Contents
PART I GOOD MEN ARE HARD TO FIND: THE CREW
1. The Devil’s Greatest Trick: Over Kabul
2. What Am I Doing Here? Serbia, 1998
PART II EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE USSR
3. The Lost Boys: Soviet Union, 1992
4. The Machine: Post-Soviet Russia, Early 1990s
5. The Birth of the Global Network: Russia, 1993
6. The Warlord Is Always Right: The Caucasus, 1994
7. Rogue State: Yugoslavia, 1994–1996
PART III GOLD FEVER: THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
8. The Men with No Names: The Arab Gulf, 1995–1997
9. This Is How You Disappear: West Africa, 1995–1999
10. Plunder in the Jungle: The Congo, 1997–2000
11. Men of Wealth and Taste: Milan, 2000
PART IV HIGH AND WILD: AFGHANISTAN TO IRAQ
12. The Boys Are Back in Town: Afghanistan, 2001
13. Afghan Black: The Drug Pipeline, 2002–2010
14. There Are Huge Forces: Afghanistan, 1995 and 2010
PART V BACK TO THE JUNGLE: CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA
15. High Times on the Costa Coca: Central America, 1999–2008
16. Welcome to Little Minsk: Africa, 2003
17. Russian Rain Keeps Falling: The Congo, 2005–2009
18. Just Drop the Cash out of the Plane: Uganda, 2009
19. Getting Your Kicks on Route Il-76: Central Asia and the Caucasus, 2009
PART VI THE JOURNEY HOME: EAST AFRICA AND RUSSIA
20. The Ghost Factory: Russia, 2008
21. Death and Taxes: Entebbe to Ekaterinburg, 2010