Soldiers of Misfortune?

by Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College

This book examines the role of PMSCs in Iraq and Afghanistan in order to derive general lessons on employment of security contractors in future contingency operations, particularly COIN campaigns. Three broad questions underlie this analysis. First, what tasks can be safely outsourced to private companies? Second, how should the government manage contractors in conflict zones? Closely related to the issue of oversight is the third analytical question:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505832349
• ISBN13: 9781505832341
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"