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050  4 DS79.769|b.H47 2010eb 
082 04 956.7044/31|222 
245 00 Hired guns :|bviews about armed contractors in Operation 
       Iraqi Freedom /|cSarah K. Cotton [and others]. 
264  1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND,|c2010. 
300    1 online resource (xxvi, 115 pages) :|billustrations. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
347    data file|2rda 
490 1  Rand Corporation monograph series ;|vMG-987-SRF 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Introduction -- Private military and security contractors 
       are not a new phenomenon : a brief history of military 
       privatization -- Do private security contractors have a 
       negative impact on military retention and morale? -- Have 
       private security contractors had an adverse effect on 
       local Iraqis' perceptions of the entire occupying force 
       because of the legal impunity with which they operated in 
       Iraq prior to 2009? -- Is there a relative lack of unit 
       cohesion and systematic coordination between private 
       security contractors and the military? -- Do private 
       security contractors play a valuable supporting role to 
       the U.S. military as a force multiplier? -- Do private 
       security contractors provide skills and services that the 
       Armed Forces lack? -- Do private security contractors 
       provide vital surge capacity and critical security 
       services? -- Summary of findings and policy 
       recommendations. 
520    "The use of armed private security contractors (PSCs) in 
       the Iraq war has been unprecedented. Not only government 
       agencies but also journalists, reconstruction contractors,
       and nongovernmental organizations frequently view them as 
       a logical choice to fill their security needs, yet there 
       have been a number of reports of PSCs committing serious, 
       and sometimes fatal, abuses of power in Iraq. This study 
       uses a systematic, empirically based survey of opinions of
       U.S. military and State Department personnel on the ground
       in Iraq to shed light on the following questions: To what 
       extent are armed PSCs perceived to be imposing costs on 
       the U.S. military effort? If so, are those costs tempered 
       by positive contributions? How has the use of PSCs 
       affected U.S. military operations in Operation Iraqi 
       Freedom? While the military personnel did report some 
       incidents of unnecessarily threatening, arrogant, or 
       belligerent contractor behavior, the survey results 
       indicate that neither the U.S. military nor State 
       Department personnel appear to perceive PSCs to be 
       "running wild" in Iraq. Moreover, respondents tended to 
       consider PSCs a force multiplier rather than an additional
       strain on military troops, but both military and State 
       Department respondents held mixed views regarding the 
       contribution of armed contractors to U.S. foreign policy 
       objectives."--Page 4 of cover. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Postwar reconstruction|zIraq|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Private military companies|zIraq|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Private security services|zIraq|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Government contractors|zIraq|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Contracting out|zIraq|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Government contractors|zUnited States|xEvaluation. 
650  0 Contracting out|zUnited States|xEvaluation. 
650  7 HISTORY|xMilitary.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xInternational Relations|xGeneral.
       |2bisacsh 
700 1  Cotton, Sarah K. 
710 2  Rand Corporation.|bNational Security Research Division. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|tHired guns.|dSanta Monica, CA : RAND, 
       2010|z9780833049827|w(DLC)  2010015412|w(OCoLC)608687394 
830  0 Rand Corporation monograph series. 
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