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Buying military transformation [[electronic resource] ] : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholtz
| Buying military transformation [[electronic resource] ] : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholtz |
| Autore | Dombrowski Peter J. <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GholzEugene <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations - United States
Military art and science - Computer networks - United States Defense industries - United States Information technology - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-231-50965-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Buying transformation -- Implementing military innovation -- Small ships -- Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Communications -- Systems integration and public-private partnership -- Military innovation and the defense industry. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451698603321 |
Dombrowski Peter J. <1963->
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Buying military transformation : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski, Eugene Gholtz
| Buying military transformation : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski, Eugene Gholtz |
| Autore | Dombrowski Peter J. <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GholzEugene <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations - United States
Military art and science - Computer networks - United States Defense industries - United States Information technology - United States |
| ISBN | 0-231-50965-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Buying transformation -- Implementing military innovation -- Small ships -- Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Communications -- Systems integration and public-private partnership -- Military innovation and the defense industry. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777701103321 |
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Dombrowski Peter J. <1963->
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| New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Buying military transformation : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski, Eugene Gholtz
| Buying military transformation : technological innovation and the defense industry / / Peter Dombrowski, Eugene Gholtz |
| Autore | Dombrowski Peter J. <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GholzEugene <1971-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations - United States
Military art and science - Computer networks - United States Defense industries - United States Information technology - United States |
| ISBN | 0-231-50965-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Buying transformation -- Implementing military innovation -- Small ships -- Unmanned aerial vehicles -- Communications -- Systems integration and public-private partnership -- Military innovation and the defense industry. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819751603321 |
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Dombrowski Peter J. <1963->
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| New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contractors and war [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / edited by Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson
| Contractors and war [[electronic resource] ] : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / edited by Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KinseyChristopher
PattersonMalcolm Hugh <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - United States
Contracting out - United States Government contractors - United States Private military companies - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8293-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of American Government Expeditionary Operations Utilizing Private Contractors -- 2. Attitudes on the Ground: What Soldiers Think about Civilian Contractors -- 3. Looking Beyond Iraq: Contractors in US Global Activities -- 4. The Elephant in the Room -- 5. Sharing the Same Space: The Evolving Relationship between US NGOs, Battlefield Contractors, and US Armed Forces -- 6. PMSCs and Risk in Counterinsurgency Warfare -- 7. Contractors and the Law -- 8. Contractors’ Wars and the Commission on Wartime Contracting -- 9. Private Contractors, Public Consequences: The Need for an Effective Criminal Justice Framework -- 10. How to Decide When a Contractor Source Is Better to Use Than a Government Source -- 11. Reforming the US Approach to Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations -- 12. Contractors Supporting Military Operations: Many Challenges Remain -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452015803321 |
| Stanford, California, : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contractors and war : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / editors, Christopher Kinsey, Malcolm Hugh Patterson
| Contractors and war : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / editors, Christopher Kinsey, Malcolm Hugh Patterson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KinseyChristopher
PattersonMalcolm Hugh <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - United States
Contracting out - United States Government contractors - United States Private military companies - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8293-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of American Government Expeditionary Operations Utilizing Private Contractors -- 2. Attitudes on the Ground: What Soldiers Think about Civilian Contractors -- 3. Looking Beyond Iraq: Contractors in US Global Activities -- 4. The Elephant in the Room -- 5. Sharing the Same Space: The Evolving Relationship between US NGOs, Battlefield Contractors, and US Armed Forces -- 6. PMSCs and Risk in Counterinsurgency Warfare -- 7. Contractors and the Law -- 8. Contractors’ Wars and the Commission on Wartime Contracting -- 9. Private Contractors, Public Consequences: The Need for an Effective Criminal Justice Framework -- 10. How to Decide When a Contractor Source Is Better to Use Than a Government Source -- 11. Reforming the US Approach to Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations -- 12. Contractors Supporting Military Operations: Many Challenges Remain -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779172403321 |
| Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contractors and war : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / editors, Christopher Kinsey, Malcolm Hugh Patterson
| Contractors and war : the transformation of US expeditionary operations / / editors, Christopher Kinsey, Malcolm Hugh Patterson |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KinseyChristopher
PattersonMalcolm Hugh <1959-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - United States
Contracting out - United States Government contractors - United States Private military companies - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8293-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of American Government Expeditionary Operations Utilizing Private Contractors -- 2. Attitudes on the Ground: What Soldiers Think about Civilian Contractors -- 3. Looking Beyond Iraq: Contractors in US Global Activities -- 4. The Elephant in the Room -- 5. Sharing the Same Space: The Evolving Relationship between US NGOs, Battlefield Contractors, and US Armed Forces -- 6. PMSCs and Risk in Counterinsurgency Warfare -- 7. Contractors and the Law -- 8. Contractors’ Wars and the Commission on Wartime Contracting -- 9. Private Contractors, Public Consequences: The Need for an Effective Criminal Justice Framework -- 10. How to Decide When a Contractor Source Is Better to Use Than a Government Source -- 11. Reforming the US Approach to Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations -- 12. Contractors Supporting Military Operations: Many Challenges Remain -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808079003321 |
| Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson
| Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson |
| Autore | Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 271 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracting out - United States
Defense contracts - United States Private military companies - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-09617-X
9786613096173 0-300-16852-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Key Moments in U.S. Military and Security Outsourcing, from Vietnam to Iraq -- 3. Too Many Gaps? Catching Private Contractors in the Web of Litigation -- 4. The Unexplored Promise of Contract -- 5. Public Participation / Private Contract -- 6. Uniformed Military Lawyers, Organizational Structure and Culture, and the Impact of Privatization -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460414403321 |
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Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne)
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson
| Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson |
| Autore | Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 271 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracting out - United States
Defense contracts - United States Private military companies - United States |
| ISBN |
1-283-09617-X
9786613096173 0-300-16852-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Key Moments in U.S. Military and Security Outsourcing, from Vietnam to Iraq -- 3. Too Many Gaps? Catching Private Contractors in the Web of Litigation -- 4. The Unexplored Promise of Contract -- 5. Public Participation / Private Contract -- 6. Uniformed Military Lawyers, Organizational Structure and Culture, and the Impact of Privatization -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789819603321 |
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Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne)
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson
| Outsourcing war and peace [[electronic resource] ] : preserving public values in a world of privatized foreign affairs / / Laura A. Dickinson |
| Autore | Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xi, 271 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 355.6/2120973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Contracting out - United States
Defense contracts - United States Private military companies - United States |
| ISBN |
1-283-09617-X
9786613096173 0-300-16852-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Key Moments in U.S. Military and Security Outsourcing, from Vietnam to Iraq -- 3. Too Many Gaps? Catching Private Contractors in the Web of Litigation -- 4. The Unexplored Promise of Contract -- 5. Public Participation / Private Contract -- 6. Uniformed Military Lawyers, Organizational Structure and Culture, and the Impact of Privatization -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824986303321 |
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Dickinson Laura A (Laura Anne)
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War for profit [[electronic resource] ] : Army contracting vs. supporting the troops / / Charles M. Smith
| War for profit [[electronic resource] ] : Army contracting vs. supporting the troops / / Charles M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Charles M., CPCM |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina |
355.6/2120973
355.62120973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Logistics - Contracting out - United States - Management - Evaluation
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Logistics - Management Iraq War, 2003-2011 Defense contracts - United States - Management - Evaluation Letting of contracts - United States - Management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87586-929-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Do We Really Support the Troops?; What Is At Risk?; Questions of Loyalty and Responsibility; Background; My Relationship to the Army; Service Contracts; A Note on Contractual Interpretation; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Overrun by the Taliban, then by KBR; Setting the Stage; Field Support; A Fateful Suggestion; September 11 Changes Everything; Into Kuwait and Iraq; Forward to Baghdad; The Green Zone; Camps Slayer and Cropper; Camp Anaconda; Chapter 2. "Tooth to Tail"; Logistics; US Logistics after Vietnam; LOGCAP is Born
Reality Intervenes: LOGCAP Immediately Diverges from Original IntentLOGCAP II: Down a Slippery Slope; Contractor vs. Army Cost Analysis; LOGCAP II and the Move to AMC; LOGCAP III: Sliding Away; Chapter 3. LOGCAP III; Government Contracts; Contract Types; Firm Fixed-Price Contracts (FFP); Cost Reimbursement Contracts; Cost-Plus-A-Percentage-Of-Cost Contracts; Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts (CPAF); Cost-Plus-Award-Fee Contracts under LOGCAP; The LOGCAP Award Fee Plan; Organizational Structure for Award Fee Administration LOGCAP III and Support to Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi FreedomChapter 4. Army Contracts and Reversed Incentives; Chapter 5. Negotiation, Settlement and Fee; Dining Facility Overcharges; Award Fee Boards; Army Award Fee Board Testimony; Impact of Army Award Fee Management; Use of Cost Type Contracts; Chapter 6. Dining Facilities, Fraud and Bribes; Poor Quality Meals; Fraud; Bribes; Bribery as a Prevalent Problem; False Claims; Chapter 7. Water Problems; Army Response; Chapter 8. Electrical Work; Washington International/Black and Veatch; KBR-MERO; Level A-B-C-Maintenance Actions of the Contracting Officer ForwardResults; Other Electrocutions in Iraq; Investigations; Investigations Completed in the Everett Case; The Incident; Observations; Equipment; Site Visit; Government Contractor Involvement; Conclusions; Staff Sergeant Christopher Everett; More Moral Hazard; Chapter 9. Transportation; Empty Trucks on the Road; The April 9 Incident; Reefers; Other Transportation Contractors; Tactical Vehicle Maintenance; Chapter 10. The Struggle for Congressional Oversight; Henry Waxman and the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations Senator Byron Dorgan and the Senate Democratic Policy CommitteeCarl Levin and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC); REP Andrews and the House Armed Services Committee; Senator Claire McCaskill and the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight (SOCO); The Congressional Research Service (CRS); The Congressional Budget Office (CBO); The Government Accountability Office (GAO); Requesting an Investigation; The Commission on Wartime Contracting; What Has the Commission Actually Done?; Missed Opportunities in a Target Rich Environment (1) FAR 52.216-26, Payments of Allowable Costs before Definitization |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462766903321 |
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Smith Charles M., CPCM
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| New York, : Algora Pub., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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