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Contractors and war : the transformation of US expeditionary operations /
The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, California :
Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S. government expects the military to conduct operations-with much of that transformation contingent on the use of contractors to deliver support to the armed forces during military campaigns and afterwards. Contractors and War explains the reasons behind this transformation and evaluate. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 343 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780804782937 0804782938 |