Victory for Hire: Private Security Companies’ Impact on Military Effectiveness

by Molly Dunigan

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At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.S. troops. Yet, no book has so far assessed the impact of private security companies on military effectiveness. Filling that gap, Molly Dunigan reveals how the increasing tendency to outsource missions to PSCs has significant ramifications for both tactical and long-term strategic military effectiveness—and for the likelihood that the democracies that deploy PSCs will be victorious in warfare, both over the short- and long-term.

She highlights some of the ongoing problems with deploying large numbers of private security contractors alongside...

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  • ISBN10 0804777411
  • ISBN13 9780804777414
  • Publish Date 28 February 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Stanford University Press
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 256
  • Language English