Victory for hire : private security companies' impact on military effectiveness / Molly Dunigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunigan, Molly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private military companies.

Private security services.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford Security Studies, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.S. troops. Yet, no book has so far assessed the impact of private security companies on military effectiveness. Filling that gap, Molly Dunigan reveals how the increasing tendency to outsource missions to PSCs has significant ramifications for both tactical and long-term strategic military effectiveness-and for the likelihood that the democracies that deploy PSCs will be victorious in warfare, both over the short- and long-term.

Contents:

Democratic states, their militaries, and security privatization : theoretical considerations

Brothers in arms? : PSCS deployed alongside the national military

Trading places : private firms hired in place of national militaries

Historical insights : mercenary and auxiliary forces integrated into national militaries

Concluding lessons and recommendations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804777414

0804777411

OCLC:

713026401