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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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kinsey, Christopher, Patterson, Malcolm Hugh, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Overview of American government expeditionary operations utilizing private contractors / Robert Mandel
  • Attitudes on the ground : what soldiers think about civilian contractors / Ryan Kelty & Darcy Schnack
  • Looking beyond Iraq : contractors in U.S. global activities / Renee de Nevers
  • The elephant in the room / Bill Flavin
  • Sharing the same space : the evolving relationship between U.S. NGOs, battlefield contractors and U.S. armed forces / Sam Worthington
  • PMSCS and risk in counterinsurgency warfare / Kateri Carmola
  • Contractors and the law / Geoffrey Corn
  • Contractors' wars and the Commission on Wartime Contracting / Allison Stanger
  • Private contractors, public consequences : the need for an effective criminal justice framework / David Price
  • How to decide when a contractor source is better to use than a government source / Frank Camm
  • Reforming the US approach to stabilization and reconstruction operations / Stuart Bowen
  • Contractors supporting military operations : many challenges remain / Jacques Gansler & William Lucyshyn.