Contractors and War : the Transformation of United States' Expeditionary Operations.

Contractors and War : the Transformation of United States' Expeditionary Operations.

The U.S. military is no longer based on a Cold War self-sufficient model. Today's armed forces are a third smaller than they were during the Cold War, and yet are expected to do as much if not more than they did during those years. As a result, a transformation is occurring in the way the U.S....

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Main Author: Kinsey, Christopher
Other Authors: Patterson, Malcolm
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Defense contracts > United States.
Contracting out > United States.
Government contractors > United States.
Private military companies > United States.
Armed Forces > Procurement
Contracting out
Defense contracts
Government contractors
Private military companies
United States > Armed Forces > Procurement.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction
  • Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson; Part I: The Nature of Contractor Support in Future US Military Operations; 1. Overview of American Government Expeditionary Operations Utilizing Private Contractors
  • Robert Mandel; 2. Attitudes on the Ground: What Soldiers Think about Civilian Contractors
  • Ryan Kelty and Darcy Schnack; 3. Looking Beyond Iraq: Contractors in US Global Activities
  • Renée de Nevers; Part II: Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations: A Market Growth Area; 4. The Elephant in the Room
  • William J. Flavin.
  • 5. Sharing the Same Space: The Evolving Relationship between US NGOs, Battlefield Contractors, and US Armed Forces
  • Samuel A. Worthington6. PMSCs and Risk in Counterinsurgency Warfare
  • Kateri Carmola; Part III: Legal Aspects of Future US Operations; 7. Contractors and the Law
  • Geoffrey S. Corn; 8. Contractors' Wars and the Commissionon Wartime Contracting
  • Allison Stanger; 9. Private Contractors, Public Consequences: The Need for an Effective Criminal Justice Framework
  • David E. Price; Part IV: US Administrative Structures Required to Sustain Contractor Operations.
  • 10. How to Decide When a Contractor Source Is Better to Use Than a Government Source
  • Frank Camm11. Reforming the US Approach to Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
  • Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.; 12. Contractors Supporting Military Operations: Many Challenges Remain
  • Jacques S. Gansler and William Lucyshyn; Conclusion
  • Christopher Kinsey and Malcolm Hugh Patterson; Contributors; Index.

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