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Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry, Updated Edition (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs),   ISBN:9780801474361

     
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Binding: Paperback
Release Date: November 2007
Edition: Updated
List Price: $19.95

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ISBN-13: 9780801474361
ISBN-10: 0801474361
Author: P. W. Singer
Publisher: Cornell University Press
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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 until recently only state militaries possessed. Their products range from trained commando teams to strategic advice from generals. This new "Privatized Military Industry" encompasses hundreds of companies, thousands of employees, and billions of dollars in revenue. Whether as proxies or suppliers, such firms have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin America. More recently, they have become a key element in U.S. military operations. Private corporations working for profit now sway the course of national and international conflict, but the consequences have been little explored. In this book, Singer provides the first account of the military services industry and its broader implications. Corporate Warriors includes a description of how the business works, as well as portraits of each of the basic types of companies: military providers that offer troops for tactical operations; military consultants that supply expert advice and training; and military support companies that sell logistics, intelligence, and engineering.

In an updated edition of P. W. Singer's classic account of the military services industry and its broader implications, the author describes the continuing importance of that industry in the Iraq War. This conflict has amply borne out Singer's argument that the privatization of warfare allows startling new capabilities and efficiencies in the ways that war is carried out. At the same time, however, Singer finds that the introduction of the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions--for democracy, for ethics, for management, for human rights, and for national security.

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Average Customer Rating: Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5 Score = 4.5

The reference!
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

This is THE reference for the PMC business, or like others call it, the Bible of PMC. Who ever wants to step into the topic of the privatized military industry can't do it without reading Singer's "Corporate Warriors".

Groundbreaking, but not so much anymore.
Customer Rating:  Score = 3 Score = 3 Score = 3 Score = 3 Score = 3

I didn't read the whole thing, but from what I read this was the first book of it's kind. Since it's publishing so much has been written on this aspect of the war. This is a tough read, its ivy league hard, if you're looking for an easier read and better time try Robert Young Pelton's License to Kill 1400097827

Must read!
Customer Rating:  Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5 Score = 5

Amazing book that reviews the realities of "mercs" and the very recent boom in their corporate organization.

Corporate Warriors
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In the field of modern development of Private Military companies this should be your first port of call. Outlines the development of PMCs and examines the implications of these developments. Its major shortfall is that it was written before some of the major growth in Iraq in recent years. It could also look more at the implications for governments and policy makers.
A must read in the field.
Peter Mahon

An Academic Review of the topic....
Customer Rating:  Score = 4 Score = 4 Score = 4 Score = 4 Score = 4

This book provides an academic view of the topic (i.e., dry and sterile). Coming from an academic press (Cornell) and an academic, however, this not a surprise. The author starts with a history of the private sector in warfare during the medieval ages up to the current period, with emphasis on trend towards increasing state control (i.e., de-privitization) over time with increasing re-privatization. The later is in regard particularly to the U.S. and its overstretched (probably temporarily) forces. This is, in the author's opinion, is cause of large increase in recent expansion of privitization in the U.S. The author then discusses various aspects, mostly negative, regarding this privitization (i.e., legal status of private "troops", reliability in case of large scale combat and increase of the danger they face, etc.).

The book has two weaknesses. The first is that it does not cover the benefits of this privitazation in sufficient detail. Especially financial savings and, more importantly, the private sector filling the void in Iraq due to lack of long-term permanent U.S. public sector troops. The author needs to address the question of how else the U.S. would be able to cope without this strategy (i.e., draft?). No discussion here. Also, some perspective on other nations' attempts at privitization would be useful for purposes of perspective and comparison with U.S. How much are they privitizing vis-a-vis the U.S. and how has it affected their combat effectiveness/cost of operations. For these reasons the book receives four stars instead of five. Nevertheless, provides a good primer on the subject. Especially considering the fact that most other books have been written by journalists from a sensationalist point of view.

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