Description
| Product ID: | 9780571241262 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | War plc |
| Subtitle: | The Rise of the New Corporate Mercenary |
| Authors: | Author: Stephen Armstrong |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Military administration, Military administration, Mercenaries, Mercenaries |
| Description: | No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. The lucrative contracts of the 'War on Terror' have made their plans even more ambitious - to offer governments and corporations discrete and well-trained private armies. No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they''re ex-special forces, CIA spooks or Foreign Legionnaires, you''ll find them exchanging gunfire with insurgents in Baghdad, patrolling government buildings in Afghanistan, or spying on environmental protestors. The lucrative contracts of the ''War on Terror'' have made their plans even more ambitious - to offer governments and corporations discrete and well-trained private armies. These corporate soldiers are part of the last great outsourcing - the privatisation of war. War plc examines how we got here, how these companies operate, and how close we are to letting them run our battlefields. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-03-05 |
