International relations scholar Allison Stanger shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy, often in scandalous ways--but also maintains that contractors aren't the problem; the absence of good government is. Outsourcing done right is, in fact, indispensable to America's interests in the information age.
Stanger makes three arguments.
The outsourcing of U.S. government activities is far greater than most people realize, has been very poorly managed, and has inadvertently militarized American foreign policy;
Despite this mismanagement,...
International relations scholar Allison Stanger shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy, often in scandalous ways-...
