Bruce E. Stanley

Outsourcing Security (eBook, PDF)

Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Faced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors (PMCs). Outsourcing Security examines the impact that bureaucratic controls and the increasing permissiveness of security environments have had on the U.S. military's growing use of PMCs during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Bruce E. Stanley examines the relationship between the rise of the private security industry and five potential explanatory variables tied to supply-and-demand theory in six historical cases, including Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the U.S. intervention in Bosnia in 1995, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Outsourcing Security is the only work that moves beyond a descriptive account of the rise of PMCs to lay out a precise theory explaining the phenomenon and providing a framework for those considering PMCs in future global interaction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612347622
• Artikelnr.: 72308091

Autorenporträt

Bruce E. Stanley is an associate professor at the School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 2006 as an officer and was selected as the 2012 Command and General Staff College Civilian Instructor of the Year. 

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Theoretical Framework of the Private Security Industry
2. A Qualitative Examination of the Private Security Industry
3. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm
4. Operation Joint Endeavor
5. Operation Enduring Freedom
6. Operation Iraqi Freedom
7. Cross-Case Analysis and Findings
8. Quantitative Analysis of the Private Security Industry
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index