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Author Hagedorn, Ann, author.

Title The invisible soldiers : how America outsourced our security / Ann Hagedorn.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  355.033 HAGEDORN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.0335 HAGEDORN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  355 HAG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.03 H12    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  355.033 HAG    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xii, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index.
Contents Transformation. Beginnings ; Out of the shadows ; A watershed year ; The faint hum of secrecy ; Rules of engagement ; Privatized mayhem -- Reaction. Sounding the alarm ; "A remarkably unprecedented experiment" ; Conquering chaos ; The General and Kadhim ; "What's all the fuss about?" ; A thicket of ironies -- Expansion. Shell games ; Beyond Iraq ; Riding the wave ; And now, the debate? ; "Full speed ahead" ; Big Brother's big brother.
Summary "The story behind the ultimate American privatization, which has taken place gradually and almost invisibly: how we privatized our national security"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject National security -- United States.
Privatization -- United States.
Contracting out -- United States.
Defense industries -- Privatization -- United States.
United States -- Military policy.
United States -- Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security.
HISTORY / Military / General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General.
ISBN 9781416598800 (hardback) : $28.00
1416598804 (hardback)
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