Patriots for Profit : Contractors and the Military in U.S. National Security.

This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost. The approach is applied to the United States using official documents and interviews with p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bruneau, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Private military companies > United States.
Civil-military relations > United States.
National security > United States.
Sociétés militaires privées > États-Unis.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Civil-military relations
Military policy
National security
Private military companies
United States > Military policy.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Problems with how we think about U.S. civil-military relations
  • A comparative approach to the analysis of civil-military relations
  • The institutions of U.S. civil-military relations
  • Defense reform: institutional and political impediments to effectiveness
  • The scale and politics of contracting out security
  • An assessment of the performance of private security contractors.

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