Table of Contents: Hired guns

Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Other Authors:	Cotton, Sarah K.
Format:	Book
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010.
Subjects:	Postwar reconstruction > Evaluation. > Iraq Private military companies > Evaluation. > Iraq Private security services > Evaluation. > Iraq Government contractors > Evaluation. > Iraq Contracting out > Evaluation. > Iraq Government contractors > Evaluation. > United States Contracting out > Evaluation. > United States
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10425078

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Private military and security contractors are not a new phenomenon : a brief history of military privatization
Do private security contractors have a negative impact on military retention and morale?
Have private security contractors had an adverse effect on local Iraqis' perceptions of the entire occupying force because of the legal impunity with which they operated in Iraq prior to 2009?
Is there a relative lack of unit cohesion and systematic coordination between private security contractors and the military?
Do private security contractors play a valuable supporting role to the U.S. military as a force multiplier?
Do private security contractors provide skills and services that the Armed Forces lack?
Do private security contractors provide vital surge capacity and critical security services?
Summary of findings and policy recommendations.