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Shedding light on private security companies in the Caribbean: a report by Project Ploughshares and The University of the West Indies provides new data on the industry
Shedding light on private security companies in the Caribbean: a report by Project Ploughshares and The University of the West Indies provides new data on the industry Author(s):John Siebert Source:Ploughshares Monitor.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The changing forms and utility of force: the impact of international security privatization on Canada
The changing forms and utility of force: the impact of international security privatization on Canada Author(s): Christopher Spearin Source:International Journal. 64.2 (Spring 2009): p481. http://www.internationaljournal.ca/Home/Home.html The Canadian forces are rightly interested… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Guns and bread: it’s not unusual to see private security companies in conflict-hit regions–but as deliverers of development?
Guns and bread: it’s not unusual to see private security companies in conflict-hit regions–but as deliverers of development? Michael Lewis on the khaki future of international aid Author(s): Michael Lewis Source:New… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The globalization of military logistics
The globalization of military logistics Author(s): Christine M. Schverak Source:Army Sustainment. 42.3 (May-June 2010): p57. http://www.almc.army.mil/ALOG/ The United States, in its ninth year of combat operations in Southwest Asia, employs at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Vertically synchronizing operational contract support
Vertically synchronizing operational contract support Author(s): Ed Keller Defense AT & L. 41.3 (May-June 2012): p12. COPYRIGHT 2012 Defense Acquisition University Press http://www.dau.mil Full Text: The Department of Defense’s reliance on… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The future use of corporate warriors with the U.S. Armed Forces: legal, policy, and practical considerations and concerns
The future use of corporate warriors with the U.S. Armed Forces: legal, policy, and practical considerations and concerns Author(s): David A. Wallace Defense A R Journal. 16.2 (July 2009): p123. http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/pages/arqtoc.aspx… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Guns For Hire: The Legal, Policy, and Ethical Implications of the Growing Reliance Upon Military Contractors
NSLB’s SPRING 2015 SYMPOSIUM Posted on March 13, 2015 by Joseph Vellon Register HERE You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
THE ECONOMICS OF THE WILL TO FIGHT: PUBLIC CHOICE IN THE USE OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ
THE ECONOMICS OF THE WILL TO FIGHT: PUBLIC CHOICE IN THE USE OF PRIVATE CONTRACTORS IN IRAQ 2014 / 2015 Cumberland Law Review 45 Cumb. L. Rev. 1 Author Robert Bejesky*… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Offshoring the Army: Migrant Workers and the US Military
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GREED AND CONTROL: THE HISTORY AND CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-MERCENARY NORM
Mikko Räkköläinen GREED AND CONTROL: THE HISTORY AND CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ANTI-MERCENARY NORM You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe