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Book Review: Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare

  • Writer: Eric Johnson
    Eric Johnson
  • Sep 2, 2025
  • 1 min read

I needed to know a little bit more about Wagner PMC, and well, this book largely didn't disappoint either. It's not an exhaustive read, and could have had more to learn, but overall I do get a feeling of that I learned more than I knew before reading the book. It's informative, as you may have gathered, and also shows the underbelly of the Russian PMCs that generally don't get much attention compared to groups like Black Water/Xe/Triple Canopy/Executive Outcomes and so on. It highlights the Prighozin years mainly, and ends on the note of his assassination after the "March for Justice", when Wagner turned on Russia during the current conflict. What's interesting is that it includes some photos of the organization, and the text reads well too, so I think you'd like this book about the organization. 5 out of 5 stars


 
 
 

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