TY - BOOK ID - 6783035 TI - Corporate Warriors : The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry, Updated Edition PY - 2007 SN - 0801489156 0801441145 9780801441141 9780801489150 0801459893 PB - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Defense industries KW - Military-industrial complex KW - Privatization KW - huurlingenorganisatie KW - 35.078 KW - 328.182:355 KW - -Military-industrial complex KW - -35.078 KW - 855.2 Private actoren KW - Industrial-military complex KW - Armaments industries KW - Arms sales KW - Military sales KW - Military supplies industry KW - Munitions KW - Sale of military equipment KW - Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering KW - Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex KW - 328.182:355 Militairindustrieel complex. Oorlogsindustrie als pressie. Military-industrial complex KW - 35.078 Vormen van overheidsbemoeing. Opheffing van overheidstussenkomst. Privatisering KW - Industries KW - Arms transfers KW - United States KW - Military policy. KW - Polemology KW - Defense industries - United States KW - Military-industrial complex - United States KW - Privatization - United States KW - United States of America KW - Defense industries. KW - Military-industrial complex. KW - Privatization. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6783035 AB - Some have claimed that "War is too important to be left to the generals," but P. W. Singer asks "What about the business executives?" Breaking out of the guns-for-hire mold of traditional mercenaries, corporations now sell skills and services that until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized Military Industry" encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such firms have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America. More recently, they have become a key element in U.S. military operations. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consequences have been little explored.In Corporate Warriors, Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. Corporate Warriors includes a description of how the business works, as well as portraits of each of the basic types of companies: military providers that offer troops for tactical operations; military consultants that supply expert advice and training; and military support companies that sell logistics, intelligence, and engineering.This updated edition of Singer's already classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications describes the continuing importance of that industry in the Iraq War. This conflict has amply borne out Singer's argument that the privatization of warfare allows startling new capabilities and efficiencies in the ways that war is carried out. At the same time, however, Singer finds that the introduction of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions-for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights, and for national security. ER -