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

• Autore: Moore Adam <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Cornell University Press, 2019; Ithaca [New York] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2019; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource.)
• Disciplina: 355.3/40973
• Soggetto topico: Logistics - Contracting out - United States; Private military companies - Employees; Private military companies
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Foreign countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Iraq, Afghanistan, military contractors, US military policy, foreign workers
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire’s Labor
• ISBN: 1-5017-1639-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524896203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cornell scholarship online.