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Hired guns : views about armed contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom /

"The use of armed private security contractors (PSCs) in the Iraq war has been unprecedented. Not only government agencies but also journalists, reconstruction contractors, and nongovernmental organizations frequently view them as a logical choice to fill their security needs, yet there have be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Otros Autores: Cotton, Sarah K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Private military and security contractors are not a new phenomenon : a brief history of military privatization -- Do private security contractors have a negative impact on military retention and morale? -- Have private security contractors had an adverse effect on local Iraqis' perceptions of the entire occupying force because of the legal impunity with which they operated in Iraq prior to 2009? -- Is there a relative lack of unit cohesion and systematic coordination between private security contractors and the military? -- Do private security contractors play a valuable supporting role to the U.S. military as a force multiplier? -- Do private security contractors provide skills and services that the Armed Forces lack? -- Do private security contractors provide vital surge capacity and critical security services? -- Summary of findings and policy recommendations. 
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650 0 |a Government contractors  |z Iraq  |x Evaluation. 
650 0 |a Contracting out  |z Iraq  |x Evaluation. 
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650 6 |a Sociétés militaires privées  |z Irak  |x Évaluation. 
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650 6 |a Fournisseurs du gouvernement  |z Irak  |x Évaluation. 
650 6 |a Impartition  |z Irak  |x Évaluation. 
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