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Author Rasor, Dina, 1956-

Title Betraying our troops : the destructive results of privatizing war / Dina Rasor and Robert Bauman.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  UC23 2003- .R37 2007    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 274 pages ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-265) and index.
Contents Pt.1. Blitzkrieg -- The private side of war -- Smelling smoke -- Where are my missiles? -- Breaking down -- Rumsfeld's Army -- Pt. 2. Mission accomplished -- Dust and desperation -- Afflict the comfortable -- For the money -- A different kind of suburb -- The green zone -- Pt. 3. Digging in -- Feeding frenzy -- Stepping into the breach -- The Berlin Wall -- Corporate cowboys in a war zone -- The hired guns -- Pt. 4. The slog -- The other side of the force -- A different kind of black water -- The replacements -- Pt. 5. Exposure -- The hand that feeds you -- Don Quixote vs. the chairman -- Legal prayer -- Slumlord of Iraq -- The empire strikes back -- You go to war with the secretary of defense you have -- The war service industry.
Subject United States. Army -- Supplies and stores -- History -- 21st century.
United States. Army.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject United States. Army -- Transportation -- History -- 21st century.
Transportation.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Logistics -- United States.
Privatization -- United States.
Privatization.
United States.
Contracting out -- United States.
Contracting out.
Added Author Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941-
ISBN 9781403981929
1403981922