Hired guns : views about armed contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom / / Sarah K. Cotton ... [et al.] |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
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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Monitoring responsibilities for serious incidents involving private security contractors once U.S. military forces leave Iraq have not been determined [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (17 pages) : illustrations |
Collana | SIGIR |
Soggetto topico |
Private security services - Iraq - Evaluation
Postwar reconstruction - Iraq - Costs Postwar reconstruction - Iraq - Auditing Postwar reconstruction - Iraq - Finance Public contracts - Iraq - Costs Waste in government spending - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701934003321 |
Arlington, VA : , : Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, , [2011] | ||
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Rebuilding Iraq [[electronic resource] ] : actions needed to improve use of private security providers : report to congressional committees |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005] |
Soggetto topico |
Private security services - Iraq - Evaluation
Government contractors - Protection Postwar reconstruction - Iraq Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Rebuilding Iraq |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694512203321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005] | ||
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