Introduction -- Part One: A Prehistory of Violence -- 1. Atrocity Exhibition -- 2. Sous Chef -- 3. Origins -- Part Two: Freelancers -- 4. Ukraine, 2014-15: The First Campaigns -- 5. Syria: Blood and Treasure -- 6. Sudan and the CAR: The Next Frontier -- 7. Libya: Blueprint for Contemporary War -- 8. The Sahel: Crisis and Opportunity -- 9. Pillage -- Part Three: Blowback -- 10. Cry Havoc -- 11. The Meat Grinder -- 12. Mutiny -- 13. The End and the Beginning -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index