War as business technological change and military service contracting

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krishnan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England Ashgate 2008
Subjects:
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500 0 0 |a "This detailed study provides new and updated information on the ongoing privatization of the defence sector and offers an original theoretical explanation as to why the most modern armed forces throughout the world have come increasingly to rely on private companies for nearly everything they do. Contributing to a better understanding of military privatization and its close connection to technological change, the book explains the complexity of the whole phenomenon and discusses its implications for national and international security."--BOOK JACKET 
504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-204) and index 
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