TY - BOOK ID - 77883534 TI - Patriots for profit : contractors and the military in U.S. national security PY - 2011 SN - 0804781850 9780804781855 0804775486 9780804775489 9780804775489 9780804775496 0804775494 PB - Stanford Stanford Security Studies DB - UniCat KW - Private military companies KW - Civil-military relations KW - National security KW - Military companies, Private KW - Military contractors, Private KW - Military service providers KW - PMCs (Private military companies) KW - Private military contractors KW - Contractors KW - Defense contracts KW - Mercenary troops KW - Private security services KW - Homeland defense KW - Homeland security KW - United States KW - Military policy. KW - Military policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77883534 AB - This book develops a new approach to the analysis of civil-military relations by focusing on the effectiveness of the armed forces in fulfilling roles & missions, and on their efficiency in terms of cost. The approach is applied to the United States using official documents and interviews with policy-makers. In addition to analyzing the impact of defense reform initiatives over the past thirty years, the book includes the recent phenomenon of ""contracting-out"" security that has resulted in greater numbers of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan than uniformed military personnel. <BR ER -