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Singer, P. W., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Corporate Warriors : The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry / P. W. Singer. Updated Edition Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2010] ©2011 1 online resource (360 p.) : 1 map, 3 line drawings, 7 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The Rise -- 1. An Era of Corporate Warriors? -- 2. Privatized Military History -- 3. The Privatized Military Industry Distinguished -- 4. Why Security Has Been Privatized -- Part II. Organization and Operation -- 5. The Global Industry of Military Services -- 6. The Privatized Military Industry Classified -- 7. The Military Provider Firm: Executive Outcomes -- 8. The Military Consultant Firm: MPRI -- 9. The Military Support Firm: Brown & Root -- Part III. Implications -- 10. Contractual Dilemmas -- 11. Market Dynamism and Global Disruptions -- 12. Private Firms and the Civil-Military Balance -- 13. Public Ends, Private Military Means? -- 14. Morality and the Privatized Military Firm -- 15. Conclusions -- Postscript -- The Lessons of Iraq -- Appendix 1. PMFs on the Web -- Appendix 2. PMF Contract -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized Military Industry" encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such firms have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America. More recently, they have become a key element in U.S. military operations. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consequences have been little explored. In this book, Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. Corporate Warriors includes a description of how the business works, as well as portraits of each of the basic types of companies: military providers that offer troops for tactical operations; military consultants that supply expert advice and training; and military support companies that sell logistics, intelligence, and engineering. In an updated edition of P. W. Singer's classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications, the author describes the continuing importance of that industry in the Iraq War. This conflict has amply borne out Singer's argument that the privatization of warfare allows startling new capabilities and efficiencies in the ways that war is carried out. At the same time, however, Singer finds that the introduction of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions—for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights, and for national security. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Defense industries United States. Defense industries. Military-industrial complex United States. Military-industrial complex. Privatization United States. Privatization. Military History. Political Science & Political History. Security Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459894 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801459894 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801459894/original |
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