Patriots for profit [electronic resource] : contractors and the military in U.S. national security / Thomas C. Bruneau.
Material type: TextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011Description: xiv, 270 p. : illISBN: 9780804781855 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Private military companies -- United States | Civil-military relations -- United States | National security -- United States | United States -- Military policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.4/735500973 LOC classification: UB149 | .B78 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Problems with how we think about U.S. civil-military relations -- A comparative approach to the analysis of civil-military relations -- The institutions of U.S. civil-military relations -- Defense reform: institutional and political impediments to effectiveness -- The scale and politics of contracting out security -- An assessment of the performance of private security contractors.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.