Bruneau, Thomas C.

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.


United States--Military policy.


Electronic books.

UB149 / .B78 2011

338.4/735500973