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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524896203321

Autore

Moore Adam <1976->

Titolo

Empire’s Labor : The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars / / Adam Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2019

Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5017-1639-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

355.3/40973

Soggetti

Logistics - Contracting out - United States

Private military companies - Employees

Private military companies

Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From camp followers to a global army of labor -- Colonial legacies and labor export -- The wages of peace and war -- Supplying war -- Assembling a transnational workforce -- Dark routes -- Activism -- Relations -- Home -- Conclusion : empire's labor.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is about the labor required to sustain the U.S. military's various overseas operations, both recognized wars and clandestine campaigns, and the experiences of people from around the world who perform it. The military is profoundly dependent on a global army of labor that comes from countries as diverse as Bosnia, the Philippines, Turkey, India, Kenya, England, Sierra Leone and Fiji"--