Patriots for profit contractors and the military in U.S. national security / [electronic resource] :
Thomas C. Bruneau.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- xiv, 270 p. : ill.
Includes 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.
9780804781855 (electronic bk.)
Private military companies--United States. Civil-military relations--United States. National security--United States.