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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 Corporate Warriors, 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.This updated edition of Singer's already classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications describes the continuing importance of that industry in the Iraq War. This conflict has amply borne out Singer's argument that 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 introduction of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions-for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights, and for national security.

Defense industries --- Military-industrial complex --- Privatization --- huurlingenorganisatie --- 35.078 --- 328.182:355 --- -Military-industrial complex --- -35.078 --- 855.2 Private actoren --- Industrial-military complex --- Armaments industries --- Arms sales --- Military sales --- Military supplies industry --- Munitions --- Sale of military equipment --- Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- 328.182:355 Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex --- 35.078 Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering --- Industries --- Arms transfers --- United States --- Military policy. --- Polemology --- Defense industries - United States --- Military-industrial complex - United States --- Privatization - United States --- United States of America --- Defense industries. --- Military-industrial complex. --- Privatization.

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Power Structure examines the effects on economic performance of several key features of the U.S. electric power industry. Paramount among these are public versus private ownership, vertical integration versus deintegration, and retail competition versus monopoly distribution. Each of these, as well as other structural characteristics of utilities and their markets, are analyzed for their effects on costs and price. These issues are important for a number of reasons. The U.S. electric power industry is presently embarking on a fundamental restructuring in terms of integration and competition. In other countries, privatization of state-owned enterprises is being viewed as the answer to unsatisfactory performance. From a longer perspective, the question of the relative performance of publicly owned versus privately owned utilities in the U.S. has never been resolved. And despite much speculation there is little reliable evidence as to the importance of either vertical integration or competition.

Electric utilities --- Privatization --- Services publics d'électricité --- Privatisation --- Government ownership --- 621.316 <73> --- 658.11 --- -Electric utilities --- -Privatization --- -Denationalization --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Electric industries --- Energy industries --- Public utilities --- Distribution and regulation of electric energy. Switching. Commutation. Circuit-breaking. Protection--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Kinds and forms of enterprise --- -Computer engineering. --- Economics. --- Electric utilities - United States. --- Engineering economy. --- Industrial organization (Economi. --- Privatization - United States. --- Electric Utilities --- Industries --- Business & Economics --- Computer engineering. --- -Distribution and regulation of electric energy. Switching. Commutation. Circuit-breaking. Protection--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- -621.316 <73> --- 658.11 Kinds and forms of enterprise --- 621.316 <73> Distribution and regulation of electric energy. Switching. Commutation. Circuit-breaking. Protection--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- -658.11 Kinds and forms of enterprise --- Denationalization --- Electrical engineering. --- Energy industries. --- Industrial organization. --- Industrial Organization. --- Energy Economics. --- Electrical Engineering. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state.