Patriots for profit [[electronic resource] ] : contractors and the military in U.S. national security / / Thomas C. Bruneau
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Bruneau Thomas C
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| Titolo: |
Patriots for profit [[electronic resource] ] : contractors and the military in U.S. national security / / Thomas C. Bruneau
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/735500973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Private military companies - United States |
| Civil-military relations - United States | |
| National security - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Military policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Problems with how we think about U.S. civil-military relations -- A comparative approach to the analysis of civil-military relations -- The institutions of U.S. civil-military relations -- Defense reform: institutional and political impediments to effectiveness -- The scale and politics of contracting out security -- An assessment of the performance of private security contractors. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost. The approach is applied to the United States using official documents and interviews with policy-makers. In addition to analyzing the impact of defense reform initiatives over the past thirty years, the book includes the recent phenomenon of ""contracting-out"" security that has resulted in greater numbers of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan than uniformed military personnel. <BR |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Patriots for profit |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8185-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457360103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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