Outsourcing Security by Bruce E. Stanley PAPERBACK 9781612347172

Outsourcing SecurityPrivate Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Bruce E. Stanley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781612347172, 978-1612347172\nSynopsis\nFaced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors (PMCs). Outsourcing Security examines the impact that bureaucratic controls and the increasing permissiveness of security environments have had on the [url] military's growing use of PMCs during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. \nBruce E. Stanley examines the relationship between the rise of the private security industry and five potential explanatory variables tied to supply-and-demand theory in six historical cases, including Operati.