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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797106503321

Autore

Stanley Bruce E (Bruce Edwin)

Titolo

Outsourcing security : private military contractors and U.S. foreign policy / / Bruce E. Stanley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, NB : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-61234-760-6

1-61234-762-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

355.3/5

Soggetti

Private military companies - United States

Private security services - United States

United States Military policy

United States Foreign relations

United States History, Military 21st century Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. A Th eoretical Framework of the Private Security Industry""; ""2. A Qualitative Examination of the Private Security Industry""; ""3. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm""; ""4. Operation Joint Endeavor""; ""5. Operation Enduring Freedom""; ""6. Operation Iraqi Freedom""; ""7. Cross- Case Analysis and Findings""; ""8. Quantitative Analysis of the Private Security Industry""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""