Empire's labor the global army that supports U.S. wars
In a dramatic unveiling of the little-known world of contracted military logistics, this work examines the lives of the global army of laborers who support US overseas wars. The text brings to the reader the experience of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who perform jobs such as truck driv...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
2020, 2020
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| Series: | Cornell scholarship online / Cornell scholarship online
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In a dramatic unveiling of the little-known world of contracted military logistics, this work examines the lives of the global army of laborers who support US overseas wars. The text brings to the reader the experience of the hundreds of thousands of men and women who perform jobs such as truck drivers and administrative assistants at bases located in warzones in the Middle East and Africa. It highlights the changes the U.S. military has undergone since the Vietnam War, when the ratio of contractors to uniformed personnel was roughly 1:6 |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2019 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9781501716393 |