Corporate Warriors : The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
ISBN: 9780801474361 | 0801474361
Edition: RevisedFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 1/3/2007
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Some have claimed that ¿War is too important to be left to the generals, but P. W. Singer asks What about the business executives? Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new Privatized Military Industry encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such fi... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| The Rise | |
| An Era of Corporate Warriors? | p. 3 |
| Privatized Military History | p. 19 |
| The Privatized Military Industry Distinguished | p. 40 |
| Why Security Has Been Privatized | p. 49 |
| Organization and Operation | |
| The Global Industry of Military Services | p. 73 |
| The Privatized Military Industry Classified | p. 88 |
| ... MORE | p. 101 |
| The Military Consultant Firm: MPRI | p. 119 |
| The Military Support Firm: Brown & Root | p. 136 |
| Implications | |
| Contractual Dilemmas | p. 151 |
| Market Dynamism and Global Disruptions | p. 169 |
| Private Firms and the Civil-Military Balance | p. 191 |
| Public Ends, Private Military Means? | p. 206 |
| Morality and the Privatized Military Firm | p. 216 |
| Conclusions | p. 230 |
| Postscript | |
| The Lessons of Iraq | p. 243 |
| PMFs on the Web | p. 261 |
| PMF Contract | p. 263 |
| Notes | p. 273 |
| Bibliography | p. 321 |
| Index | p. 345 |
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P. W. Singer is Senior Fellow and Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution
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