Corporate Warriors - The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry

Informationen zum Autor P. W. Singer is National Security Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution and Director of the Brookings Project on U.S. Policy towards the Islamic World. He has served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the International Peace Academy. Singer has been featured in the Atlantic Monthly, the Boston Globe, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, the Discovery Channel, FOX, NBC, and NPR (including a feature interview on Fresh Air). Klappentext 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... Zusammenfassung 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...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: P W Singer, P. W. Singer, Peter W. Singer
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.11.2007
• EAN: 9780801474361
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7436-1
• Seiten: 360
• Abmessung: 158 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Serien: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung