Corporate Warriors : : The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry /

Corporate Warriors : : The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry / / P. W. Singer.

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 milita...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Singer, P. W.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Updated Edition
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 1 map, 3 line drawings, 7 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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