Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry
Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to sstrategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized Military Industry" encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consquences have been little explored. The privatizatin of warfare allows startling new capabilities and efficiencies in the ways that war is carried out. At the same time, however, Singer finds that the entrance of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises a series of troubling questions-for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights and for national security
xi, 330 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
9780801441141, 9780801489150, 0801441145, 0801489156
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An era of corporate warriors?
Privatized military history
The privatized military industry distinguished
Why security has been privatized
The global industry of military services
The privatized military industry classified
The military provider firm : Executive Outcomes
The military consultant firm : MPRI
The military support firm : Brown & Root
Contractual dilemmas
Market dynamism and global disruptions
Private firms and the civil-military balance
Public ends, private military means?
Morality and the privatized military firm
Conclusions
Appendix 1. PMFs on the Web
Appendix 2. PMF contract