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Kinsey, Christopher.

Private contractors and the reconstruction of Iraq : transforming military logistics / Christopher Kinsey. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xiii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary security studies . - Contemporary security studies. .

Includes bibliographical references ( p. [151]-184) and index.

The role of mercenaries and contractors in supplying war -- Contractors and the consequence of political mismanagement of the Iraq invasion -- Contractorising war : the US government's reliance on contractors in Iraq -- Strategic contracting and contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq -- Outsourcing war : the use of contractors in support of the UK operation in Iraq -- Armed contractors operate with impunity : a gap in the law or a lack of political will and resources to enforce jurisdiction?.



ISBN: 9780415379649 (hardback) 0415379644 (hardback)

LCCN: 2009002012

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-
Contracting out--Iraq.
Private military companies--Iraq.
Mercenary troops--Iraq.
Logistics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
Iraq--Economic conditions--1991-

LC Class. No.: DS79.769 / .K566 2009