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July 6, 2008
Privatizing War in Iraq
Fred Smoler reviews recent books on private military forces, listed below, in Dissent. Hat tip to Frank Pasquale (Seton Hall) Concurring Opinions. [JH]
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Jeremy Scahill
Nation Books, 2007 464 pp $26.95Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
P.W. Singer
Cornell University Press, 2007
(first edition, 2003) 360 pp $19.95A Bloody Business: America’s War Zone Contractors and the Occupation of Iraq
Gerry Schumacher
Zenith Press, 2006 304 pp $24.95The Market For Force:The Consequences of Privatizing Security
Deborah D. Avant
Cambridge University Press, 2005
322 pp $31.99
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