Hired guns [[electronic resource] ] : views about armed contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom / / Sarah K. Cotton ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (143 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CottonSarah K |
Soggetto topico |
Postwar reconstruction - Iraq - Evaluation
Private military companies - Iraq - Evaluation Private security services - Iraq - Evaluation Government contractors - Iraq - Evaluation Contracting out - Iraq - Evaluation Government contractors - United States - Evaluation Contracting out - United States - Evaluation |
ISBN |
1-282-94050-3
9786612940507 0-8330-5075-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Private military and security contractors are not a new phenomenon : a brief history of military privatization -- Do private security contractors have a negative impact on military retention and morale? -- Have private security contractors had an adverse effect on local Iraqis' perceptions of the entire occupying force because of the legal impunity with which they operated in Iraq prior to 2009? -- Is there a relative lack of unit cohesion and systematic coordination between private security contractors and the military? -- Do private security contractors play a valuable supporting role to the U.S. military as a force multiplier? -- Do private security contractors provide skills and services that the Armed Forces lack? -- Do private security contractors provide vital surge capacity and critical security services? -- Summary of findings and policy recommendations. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910220152703321 |
Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2010 | ||
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Opportunities to improve processes for reporting, investigating, and remediating serious incidents involving private security contractors in Iraq [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 54 pages) : 4 color illustrations |
Collana | SIGIR |
Soggetto topico |
Private security services - Iraq - Auditing
Government contractors - Iraq - Evaluation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699583403321 |
Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, , [2009] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Warfighter support : DOD needs additional steps to fully integrate operational contract support into contingency planning : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ii, 45 pages) : color illustrations, color map |
Soggetto topico |
Government contractors - Iraq - Evaluation
Government contractors - Afghanistan - Evaluation Military planning - United States Defense contracts - United States - Planning - Evaluation Public contracts - United States - Planning - Evaluation |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Warfighter support |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704592903321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Accountability Office, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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