The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security

by Ann Hagedorn

Book Overview

The urgent truth about the privatization of America's national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading--and why we should be concerned. Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries. Now the PMSCs are a bona-fide industry, an indispensable part of American foreign and military policy. PMSCs assist US forces in combat operations and replace...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416598804
• ISBN13: 9781416598800
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"