The invisible soldiers
Subtitle: how America outsourced our security
By: Ann Hagedorn
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781416598800; 9781439101612; 9781416598817
Subjects: Politics and government; National security; Political Freedom & Security; Military policy; General; International Security; Privatization; Contracting out; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Military; International; Defense industries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; HISTORY
Description: "The story behind the ultimate American privatization, which has taken place gradually and almost invisibly: how we privatized our national security"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transformation. Beginnings --; title: Out of the shadows --; title: A watershed year --; title: The faint hum of secrecy --; title: Rules of engagement --; title: Privatized mayhem --; title: Reaction. Sounding the alarm --; title: "A remarkably unprecedented experiment" --; title: Conquering chaos --; title: The General and Kadhim --; title: "What's all the fuss about?" --; title: A thicket of ironies --; title: Expansion. Shell games --; title: Beyond Iraq --; title: Riding the wave --; title: And now, the debate? --; title: "Full speed ahead" --; title: Big Brother's big brother.