Description: Further DetailsTitle: Corporate WarriorsCondition: NewSubtitle: The Rise of the Privatized Military IndustryISBN-10: 0801474361EAN: 9780801474361ISBN: 9780801474361Edition: Updated EditionPublisher: Cornell University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/26/2007Description: Some have claimed that'War is too important to be left to the generals,'but P. W. Singer asks'What about the business executives?'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 strategic advice from generals. This new'Privatized Military Industry'encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such firms have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America. More recently, they have become a key element in U.S. military operations. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consequences have been little explored. In this book, Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. Corporate Warriors includes a description of how the business works, as well as portraits of each of the basic types of companies: military providers that offer troops for tactical operations; military consultants that supply expert advice and training; and military support companies that sell logistics, intelligence, and engineering. The privatization 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 28gAuthor: P. W. SingerGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Cornell Studies in Security AffairsRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Corporate Warriors
Title: Corporate Warriors
Subtitle: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
ISBN-10: 0801474361
EAN: 9780801474361
ISBN: 9780801474361
Release Date: 11/26/2007
Release Year: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Edition: 2
Book Title: Corporate Warriors : the Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
Number of Pages: 360 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: Public Policy / Military Policy, Military Science, Military / General, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Security (National & International), Government & Business
Publication Year: 2007
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: P. W. Singer
Book Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Perfect
