Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry / P.W. Singer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren)

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries.

Military-industrial complex.

Privatization.

Defense industries--United States.

Military-industrial complex--United States.

United States.

Privatization--United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 330 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. He describes how the business works and portrays the individual companies.

Contents:

Part I. The Rise

1. An Era of Corporate Warriors? 3

2. Privatized Military History 19

3. The Privatized Military Industry Distinguished 40

4. Why Security Has Been Privatized 49

Part II. Organization and Operation

5. The Global Industry of Military Services 73

6. The Privatized Military Industry Classified 88

7. The Military Provider Firm: Executive Outcomes 101

8. The Military Consultant Firm: MPRI 119

9. The Military Support Firm: Brown & Root 136

Part III. Implications

10. Contractual Dilemmas 151

11. Market Dynamism and Global Disruptions 169

12. Private Firms and the Civil-Military Balance 191

13. Public Ends, Private Military Means? 206

14. Morality and the Privatized Military Firm 216

Appendix 1. PMFs on the Web 243

Appendix 2. PMF Contract 245.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index.

ISBN:

0801441145

OCLC:

51447098