The US experience in contracting out security and lessons for other countries

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Bruneau, Thomas C.
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Iraq
privatization
security
USA
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2015
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The United States has gone further than any country in the “privatization of security”. Other countries may find the economic or financial logic in the use of contractors persuasive. The US experience with contracting out security, particularly in Iraq, was problematic, and can serve as a cautionary tale in order that other countries might learn how to avoid the pitfalls.
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The article of record as published may be located at http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7329201500112
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/47011
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Rev. Bras. Polít. Int. 58 (1): 230-248 [2015]
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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