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010 _a 2019006498
020 _a9781501742170
_q(pbk. ;
_qalk. paper)
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_dDLC
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043 _an-us---
100 1 _aMoore, Adam,
_d1976-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEmpire's labor :
_bthe global army that supports U.S. wars /
_cAdam Moore.
264 1 _aIthaca [New York] :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2019.
300 _axii. 248 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-240) and index.
505 0 _aFrom camp followers to a global army of labor -- Colonial legacies and labor export -- The wages of peace and war -- Supplying war -- Assembling a transnational workforce -- Dark routes -- Activism -- Relations -- Home -- Conclusion : empire's labor.
520 _a"This book is about the labor required to sustain the U.S. military's various overseas operations, both recognized wars and clandestine campaigns, and the experiences of people from around the world who perform it. The military is profoundly dependent on a global army of labor that comes from countries as diverse as Bosnia, the Philippines, Turkey, India, Kenya, England, Sierra Leone and Fiji"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aPrivate military companies.
650 0 _aPrivate military companies
_xEmployees.
650 0 _aLogistics
_xContracting out
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xArmed Forces
_zForeign countries.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aMoore, Adam, 1976- author.
_tEmpire's labor
_dIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019
_z9781501716393
_w(DLC) 2019009151
856 _uhttps://academic.oup.com/book/33936
_yClick here to access
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