{"product_id":"outsourcing-security-bruce-e-stanley-9781612347172","title":"Outsourcing Security: Private Military Contractors and U.S. Foreign Policy","description":"Faced 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce E. Stanley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612347177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612347172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Bruce E. Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939163177215,"sku":"9781612347172","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_df8531fe-6979-4ec3-ac4a-776b8a8574c4.jpg?v=1681439868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/outsourcing-security-bruce-e-stanley-9781612347172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}