{"product_id":"outsourcing-security-private-military-contractors-and-u-s-foreign-policy-paperback","title":"Outsourcing Security: Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce E. Stanley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, decision makers are left with little choice but to legalize and legitimize the use of private military contractors (PMCs). \u003ci\u003eOutsourcing Security\u003c\/i\u003e examines the impact that bureaucratic controls and the increasing permissiveness of security environments have had on the U.S. military's growing use of PMCs during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. \u003cbr\u003e Bruce E. Stanley examines the relationship between the rise of the private security industry and five potential explanatory variables tied to supply-and-demand theory in six historical cases, including Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the U.S. intervention in Bosnia in 1995, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. \u003ci\u003eOutsourcing Security\u003c\/i\u003e is the only work that moves beyond a descriptive account of the rise of PMCs to lay out a precise theory explaining the phenomenon and providing a framework for those considering PMCs in future global interaction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce E. Stanley is an associate professor at the School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 2006 as an officer and was selected as the 2012 Command and General Staff College Civilian Instructor of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424535527602,"sku":"9781612347172","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9cf0fab75f28405c7f1811fb1922ba9c.webp?v=1778500921","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/outsourcing-security-private-military-contractors-and-u-s-foreign-policy-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}