The Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security

The urgent truth about the privatization of America's national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading-and why we should be concerned: "A brisk, disturbing account" (Kirkus Reviews).

Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries. Now the PMSCs are a bona-fide industry, an indispensable part of American foreign and military policy. PMSCs, such as the former Blackwater, assist US forc...