TY - BOOK AU - Kinsey,Christopher TI - Private contractors and the reconstruction of Iraq : transforming military logistics T2 - Contemporary security studies SN - 9780415379649 AV - DS79.769 .K566 2009 U1 - 956.704431 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Iraq KW - Iraq War, 2003- KW - Contracting out KW - Private military companies KW - Mercenary troops KW - Logistics KW - Politics and government KW - 2003- KW - Economic conditions KW - 1991- N1 - Includes bibliographical references ( p. [179]-184) and index; The role of mercenaries and contractors in supplying war -- Contractors and the consequence of political mismanagement of the Iraq invasion -- Contractorising war : the US government's reliance on contractors in Iraq -- Strategic contracting and contractors in the reconstruction of Iraq -- Outsourcing war : the use of contractors in support of the UK operation in Iraq -- Armed contractors operate with impunity : a gap in the law or a lack of political will and resources to enforce jurisdiction? ER -