Victory for Hire: Private Security Companies' Impact on Military Effectiveness

By Molly Dunigan

Book Overview

This book examines how private security contractors or analogous historical forces affect democracies' military effectiveness and likelihood of success in warfare across different deployment scenarios, and, in doing so, illustrates both theoretical and policy-relevant implications of the increasing use of private security forces by modern democracies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804774587
• ISBN13: 9780804774581
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"