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Empire's Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars

Empire's Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars

Moore, Adam D.

Paperback

LaborTechnology & EngineeringGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1501742175
ISBN13: 9781501742170
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: Nov 15 2019
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In a dramatic unveiling of the little-known world of contracted military logistics, Adam Moore examines the lives of the global army of laborers who support US overseas wars. Empire's Labor brings us 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. He highlights the changes the US military has undergone since the Vietnam War, when the ratio of contractors to uniformed personnel was roughly 1:6. In Afghanistan it has been as high as 4:1. This growth in logistics contracting represents a fundamental change in how the US fights wars, with the military now dependent on a huge pool of contractors recruited from around the world. It also, Moore demonstrates, has social, economic, and political implications that extend well beyond the battlefields.

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