Victory for hire : private security companies' impact on military effectiveness / / Molly Dunigan

• Autore: Dunigan Molly
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, CA, : Stanford Security Studies, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 355.3/5
• Soggetto topico: Private military companies; Private security services; Military policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Democratic states, their militaries, and security privatization : theoretical considerations -- Brothers in arms? : PSCS deployed alongside the national military -- Trading places : private firms hired in place of national militaries -- Historical insights : mercenary and auxiliary forces integrated into national militaries -- Concluding lessons and recommendations.
• Sommario/riassunto: At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.S. troops. Yet, no book has so far assessed the impact of private security companies on military effectiveness. Filling that gap, Molly Dunigan reveals how the increasing tendency to outsource missions to PSCs has significant ramifications for both tactical and long-term strategic military effectiveness-and for the likelihood that the democracies that deploy PSCs will be victorious in warfare, both over the short- and long-term.
• Titolo autorizzato: Victory for hire
• ISBN: 0-8047-7741-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810308803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II