Contractors and war
Subtitle: the transformation of US expeditionary operations
By: edited by Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson
Publisher: Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press; Stanford Security Studies
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780804769907; 9780804769914
Subjects: Procurement; Defense contracts; Contracting out; Government contractors; Private military companies; Armed Forces
Description: Examines United States military contractors, and evaluates how the private sector will shape military operations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of American government expeditionary operations utilizing private contractors / Robert Mandel; title: Attitudes on the ground : what soldiers think about civilian contractors / Ryan Kelty & Darcy Schnack; title: Looking beyond Iraq : contractors in U.S. global activities / Renee de Nevers; title: The elephant in the room / Bill Flavin; title: Sharing the same space : the evolving relationship between U.S. NGOs, battlefield contractors and U.S. armed forces / Sam Worthington; title: PMSCS and risk in counterinsurgency warfare / Kateri Carmola; title: Contractors and the law / Geoffrey Corn; title: Contractors' wars and the Commission on Wartime Contracting / Allison Stanger; title: Private contractors, public consequences : the need for an effective criminal justice framework / David Price; title: How to decide when a contractor source is better to use than a government source / Frank Camm; title: Reforming the US approach to stabilization and reconstruction operations / Stuart Bowen; title: Contractors supporting military operations : many challenges remain / Jacques Gansler & William Lucyshyn.