{"id":686,"date":"2013-11-05T14:47:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T19:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/blog\/?p=686"},"modified":"2013-11-05T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T20:11:10","slug":"roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/blog\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Roll Hard by Robert Young Pelton and Billy Tucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"RollHard by Pelton and Tucci\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuristmedia.com\/rollhard.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Roll Hard<\/em><\/a> is a new graphic novel by <a title=\"Come Back Alive\" href=\"http:\/\/comebackalive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Young Pelton<\/a>\u00a0and artist\u00a0<a title=\"William Tucci\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Tucci\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Tucci<\/a> about when Pelton was\u00a0a journalist\u00a0accompanying <a title=\"Academi\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blackwater_(company)\" target=\"_blank\">Blackwater<\/a> security contractors on missions in Baghdad, Iraq in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"The cover of the graphic novel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-cover.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is a phenomenal book. I rarely read graphic novels and I cannot remember when I last read any book cover to cover until I read <em>Roll Hard<\/em>. I&#8217;m not exaggerating when I say it really is so good that you won&#8217;t want to put it down.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t written a book review on this blog before, so I&#8217;d like to first address why I&#8217;m writing this one. First, <em>Roll Hard<\/em> really is good enough to warrant me writing a book review. Second, <em>Roll Hard<\/em> provides a very good insight into both the world of military contracting and the risks involved in conflict journalism. Third, Robert Young Pelton is not only my colleague, but someone who has given me very useful advice during our conversations over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager I read Pelton&#8217;s bestselling book <a title=\"The World's Most Dangerous Places\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_World's_Most_Dangerous_Places\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The World&#8217;s Most Dangerous Places<\/em><\/a>, a highly entertaining guide with a sense of humor to which the book owes much of its success. Nearly two decades later I never imagined that I&#8217;d be having conversations with Pelton seeking his career advice and discussing with\u00a0him\u00a0many of the challenges and struggles in my work.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s smart, honest, generous with his time, and one of the most experienced experts on working on conflict zones. And\u00a0importantly, Robert Young Pelton is also one of the very few individuals I know of whose career is in any way similar to my own.<\/p>\n<p>So when he sent me <em>Roll Hard<\/em> to review I didn&#8217;t wait long before giving it a read.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roll Hard<\/em> offers an incredible look behind at the curtain at the extraordinary and controversial world of military contracting, which is covered in detail in Pelton&#8217;s book <a title=\"Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Licensed-Kill-Hired-Guns-Terror\/dp\/1400097827\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"A MK2 Mamba Armored Transport Vehicle and MH6 Little Birds in the graphic novel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-mamba-little-bird.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Roll Hard<\/em> tells the story of the Mamba Team, a team of heavily armed misfits with a hard-earned reputation for getting the job done in Iraq. Pelton\u00a0went on missions with them in Baghdad\u00a0as a journalist in 2004 during the Iraq War, and the bulk of the book is a combination of an edge-of-your-seat account of missions along &#8220;RPG Alley&#8221; (<a title=\"The world's most dangerous road\" href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/news\/World\/The-worlds-most-dangerous-road\/2005\/06\/07\/1118123840061.html\" target=\"_blank\">Route Irish<\/a>, which ran from Baghdad International Airport to the Green Zone). In 2004 it was the deadliest stretch of road in the world and under frequent attack by insurgents using suicide bombers, snipers, IEDs, and of course, RPGs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Robert Young Pelton with a Blackwater security contractor of the Mamba Team in the graphic novel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-ryp-baghdad.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Young Pelton rode\u00a0along in one of the Mamba Team&#8217;s\u00a0MK2 Mamba Armored Troop Transport vehicles on RPG Alley, and his writing, combined with famed illustrator Billy Tucci&#8217;s incredible illustrations (the best I&#8217;ve seen in a graphic novel), really capture the mixture of anxiety, adrenaline, and uncertainty in the Mamba Team&#8217;s missions.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Young Pelton in the crosshairs of an insurgent sniper in the graphic novel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-ryp-sniper.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Young Pelton in the crosshairs of an insurgent sniper in &#8220;Roll Hard&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As they face explosions and sniper&#8217;s bullets, and the unnerving reality of not being sure which civilians around them are actually insurgents trying to kill them, you really feel like you&#8217;re in a Mamba with Pelton and the team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Robert Young Pelton and MH6 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-ryp.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next Pelton takes to the skies, climbing into a MH-6 Little Bird with the Night Stalkers air support contractors and zipping around Baghdad &#8220;fast, low and erratic&#8221;\u00a0to avoid\u00a0enemy fire. It sounds like something out of Hollywood, but it was real and Pelton captures it masterfully in <em>Roll Hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"A Blackwater military contractor in the graphic novel \" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewvandyke.com\/images\/roll-hard-robert-young-pelton-billy-tucci\/roll-hard-military-contractor.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"455\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As important as his captivating account of front line missions, however, is the insight Pelton provides into who the men of the Mamba Team were and why they were willing to assume such risk to their lives for a paycheck. The result is an incredible behind-the-scenes view of Blackwater and military contracting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roll Hard<\/em> ends with the story of what happened to some of the Mamba Team in 2005 and 2006, after Pelton&#8217;s 2004 experiences with them. You&#8217;ll have to read\u00a0<em>Roll Hard<\/em>\u00a0to find out.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roll Hard<\/em> is available in print and e-book from <a title=\"RollHard by Pelton and Tucci\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuristmedia.com\/rollhard.html\" target=\"_blank\">AdventuristMedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Young Pelton is currently fundraising for a mission to track down the Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony. Learn more and donate to support the mission at <a title=\"Expedition Kony\" href=\"http:\/\/expeditionkony.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ExpeditionKony.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Robert Young Pelton&#8217;s article about Matthew VanDyke in <em>Dangerous Magazine<\/em>: <a title=\"Matt VanDyke: Filmmaker\/Fighter\" href=\"http:\/\/dangerousmagazine.com\/2013\/03\/29\/matt-vandyke-filmmakerfighter\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Matt VanDyke: Filmmaker\/Fighter&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roll Hard is a new graphic novel by Robert Young Pelton\u00a0and artist\u00a0Billy Tucci about when Pelton was\u00a0a journalist\u00a0accompanying Blackwater security contractors on missions in Baghdad, Iraq in 2004. It is a phenomenal book. 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