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Author Rasor, Dina, 1956-

Title Betraying our troops : the destructive results of privatizing war / Dina Rasor and Robert Bauman.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  956.7044 RAS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 274 pages ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-265) and index.
Contents Cast of characters -- Foreword / Jonathan Alter -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Blitzkrieg -- ch. 1. The private side of war -- ch. 2. Smelling smoke -- ch. 3. Where are my missiles? -- ch. 4. Breaking down -- ch. 5. Rumsfeld's Army -- pt. 2. Mission accomplished -- ch. 6. Dust and desperation -- ch. 7. Afflict the comfortable -- ch. 8. For the money -- ch. 9. A different kind of suburb -- ch. 10. The green zone -- pt. 3. Digging in -- ch. 11. Feeding frenzy -- ch. 12. Stepping into the breach -- ch. 13. The Berlin Wall -- ch. 14. Corporate cowboys in a war zone -- ch. 15. The hired guns -- pt. 4. The slog -- ch. 16. The other side of the force -- ch. 17. A different kind of black water -- ch. 18. The replacements -- pt. 5. Exposure -- ch. 19. The hand that feeds you -- ch. 20. Don Quixote vs. the Chairman -- ch. 21. Legal prayer -- ch. 22. Slumlord of Iraq -- ch. 23. The empire strikes back -- ch. 24. You go to war with the secretary of defense you have -- ch. 25. The war service industry -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject United States. Army -- Supplies and stores -- History -- 21st century.
United States. Army -- Transportation -- History -- 21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Logistics -- United States.
Privatization -- United States.
Contracting out -- United States.
Added Author Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941-
ISBN 9781403981929
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