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Author:

Rasor, Dina, 1956-

Title:

Betraying our troops : the destructive results of privatizing war / Dina Rasor and Robert Bauman.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 274 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Army--History--History--21st century.
United States.--Army--History--History--21st century.
Iraq War, 2003---Logistics--United States.
Privatization--United States.
Contracting out--United States.

Other Authors:

Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.

Contents:

Index. Foreword / Jonathan Alter -- Introduction -- ch. 25. The Blitzkrieg -- ch. 1. The private side of war -- ch. 2. Smelling smoke -- ch. 3. Where are my missiles? -- ch. 4. Breaking down -- ch. 5. Rumsfeld's Army -- pt. 2. Mission accomplished -- ch. 6. Dust and desperation -- ch. 7. Afflict the comfortable -- ch. 8. For the money -- ch. 9. A different kind of suburb -- ch. 10. The green zone -- pt. 3. Digging in -- ch. 11. Feeding frenzy -- ch. 12. Stepping into the breach -- ch. 13. The Berlin Wall -- ch. 14. Corporate cowboys in a war zone -- ch. 15. The hired guns -- pt. 4. The slog -- ch. 16. The other side of the force -- ch. 17. A different kind of black water -- ch. 18. The replacements -- pt. 5. Exposure -- ch. 19. The hand that feeds you -- ch. 20. Don Quixote vs. the Chairman -- ch. 21. Legal prayer -- ch. 22. Slumlord of Iraq -- ch. 23. The empire strikes back -- ch. 24. You go to war with the secretary of defense you have -- ch. 25. The war service industry -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN:

1403981922
9781403981929

LCCN:

2007000063

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)