Betraying our troops : the destructive results of privatizing war

Betraying our troops : the destructive results of privatizing war / Dina Rasor and Robert Bauman.

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Main Author: Rasor, Dina, 1956-
Other Authors: Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Supplies and stores > History > 21st century.
United States. > Army > Transportation > History > 21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Logistics > United States.
Privatization > United States.
Contracting out > United States.
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Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Cast of characters
  • Foreword / Jonathan Alter
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Blitzkrieg
  • ch. 1. The private side of war
  • ch. 2. Smelling smoke
  • ch. 3. Where are my missiles?
  • ch. 4. Breaking down
  • ch. 5. Rumsfeld's Army
  • pt. 2. Mission accomplished
  • ch. 6. Dust and desperation
  • ch. 7. Afflict the comfortable
  • ch. 8. For the money
  • ch. 9. A different kind of suburb
  • ch. 10. The green zone
  • pt. 3. Digging in
  • ch. 11. Feeding frenzy
  • ch. 12. Stepping into the breach
  • ch. 13. The Berlin Wall
  • ch. 14. Corporate cowboys in a war zone
  • ch. 15. The hired guns
  • pt. 4. The slog
  • ch. 16. The other side of the force
  • ch. 17. A different kind of black water
  • ch. 18. The replacements
  • pt. 5. Exposure
  • ch. 19. The hand that feeds you
  • ch. 20. Don Quixote vs. the Chairman
  • ch. 21. Legal prayer
  • ch. 22. Slumlord of Iraq
  • ch. 23. The empire strikes back
  • ch. 24. You go to war with the secretary of defense you have
  • ch. 25. The war service industry
  • Afterword
  • Appendix
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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