The Combat Years
Operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Escorting high-value targets under fire, running convoys through kill zones and facing the world most people only knew through news headlines.
The book
A war fought in two worlds
First came the combat years. Then came the battle no one else could see.
From Edinburgh to the front line
The Silent War
Not a tale of glory
The Silent War is Scott White's unflinching first-hand account of life as a private military contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan at the height of both wars.
It follows the convoys through kill zones, the high-value clients moved under fire and the split-second decisions made on blown-out streets. But the memoir is about more than operations. It is about the people beside him: the men who trusted one another with their lives, the friends who did not return and the bonds that survived long after the contracts ended.
When Scott finally came home, the danger did not stay behind. PTSD, addiction and grief became a second front — quieter than Baghdad, but no less real. The book traces the difficult road back to family, purpose and life.
Inside the memoir
Three battles. One life.
The Brotherhood
The unspoken bond between men who would die for one another without hesitation — and the grief carried when some of them did.
The Silent War
PTSD, addiction, loss and the long work of rebuilding a life after the fighting ended. The battle that almost finished what the enemy could not.