Outsourcing war and peace : preserving public values in world of privatized foreign affairs /

DICKINSON Laura A.

Outsourcing war and peace : preserving public values in world of privatized foreign affairs / Laura A. (Laura Anne) Dickinson. - London ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. - xi, 271 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-259) and index.

This timely book describes the services that are now delivered by private contractors and the threat this trend poses to core public values of human rights, democratic accountability, and transparency.

9780300144864 (hbk.) : 25.00 GBP


DEFENSE CONTRACTS -- UNITED STATES
PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES -- UNITED STATES
CONTRACTING OUT -- UNITED STATES