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Corporate Warriors: The Privatized Military Industry and Iraq

P. W. Singer, Joanne J. Myers

Thursday, December 1, 2005

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P. W. Singer examines the Pentagon's policy of contracting private security and logistics firms for tasks ranging from combat to catering in the Iraq War. What are the ethical dilemmas and conflicting incentives of outsourcing a traditional state function to essentially mercenary groups?

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Corporate Warriors: The Privatized Military and Iraq

Program
Public Affairs Program

Biographies

P. W. Singer

Joanne J. Myers

Keywords
Iraq, Security, Torture

Topics
Armed Conflict
Iraq War
Postwar Reconstruction of Iraq
Private Sector Development/Corporate

Country
Iraq

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