War as Business
Subtitle: Technological Change and Military Service Contracting
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co; Routledge; Ashgate
Published: January 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780754671671
Subjects: International business; International relations; Peace studies; Warfare & Defence; International Relations - General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations
Description: "This detailed study provides new and updated information on the ongoing privatization of the defence sector and offers an original theoretical explanation as to why the most modern armed forces throughout the world have come increasingly to rely on private companies for nearly everything they do. Contributing to a better understanding of military privatization and its close connection to technological change, the book explains the complexity of the whole phenomenon and discusses its implications for national and international security."--Jacket.