The ethics of military privatization : the US armed contractor phenomenon /

This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate. While privatization is not a new concept for the U.S. military, the public debate on military privatization is limited to legal, financial and pragmatic concer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Barnes, David M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
Series:	Military and defence ethics.
Subjects:	Private military companies > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Private security services > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Contracting out > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Privatization > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. War > Moral and ethical aspects.

Table of Contents:

Close combat privatization
The armed contractor phenomenon: a contemporary debate with a long history
Mercenaries, soldiers, and armed contractors: an explication
Armed military privatization and the commodification of force
The belligerent equality of armed contractors?
The challenge of military privatization to the military profession
The "second contractor war" and the future of armed contractors.