Victory for hire : private security companies' impact on military effectiveness
At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.S. troops. No book has so far assessed the impact of private security companies on military effectiveness. Molly Dunigan reveals how the increasing tendency to outsource missions to PSCs has significant ramifications for both tactical and long-term strategic military effectiveness and for the likelihood that democracies that deploy PSCs will be victorious in warfare, both over the short- and long-term. She highlights some ongoing problems with deploying large numbers of private security contractors alongside the military, specifically identifying the deployment scenarios involving PSCs that are most likely to have either positive or negative implications for military effectiveness. She then provides detailed recommendations to alleviate these problems. Given the likelihood that the U.S. will continue to use PSCs in future contingencies, this book has real implications for the future of U.S. military and foreign policy
Print Book, English, ©2011
Stanford Security Studies, Stanford, Calif., ©2011
xvi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780804774581, 9780804774598, 0804774587, 0804774595
664258259
Democratic states, their militaries, and security privatization : theoretical considerations
Brothers in arms? : PSCs deployed alongside the national military
Trading places : private firms hired in place of national militaries
Historical insights : mercenary and auxiliary forces integrated into national militaries
Concluding lessons and recommendations