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Outsourced Empire

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Outsourced Empire

By Andrew Thomson

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About the book

Andrew Thomson rethinks the history of US imperialism, from the Cold War to today, to reveal how paramilitaries, militias, mercenaries, private armies, and contractors have always been central to US-sponsored insurgencies and US counterinsurgent statecraft.Examining a broad range of events from the Bay of Pigs to the occupation of Iraq, and from the Soviet-Afghan war to the ongoing conflict in Syria, Thomson offers an analysis of the evolution of US support for various para-institutional actors ...Show more

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9780745337036

Publisher

Pluto Press

Published year

2018

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1

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Outsourced Empire

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