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020 _a9781501716393
020 _a9781501716386
035 _a(OCoLC)1088671608
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050 1 4 _aUB149
082 0 _a355.3/40973
_223
100 1 _aMoore, Adam,
_d1976-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEmpire's Labor
_bThe Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars /
_cAdam Moore.
264 1 _bCornell University Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (1 online resource.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references 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.
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aLogistics
_xContracting out
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPrivate military companies
_xEmployees.
650 0 _aPrivate military companies.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xArmed Forces
_zForeign countries.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
776 1 8 _iPrint version:
_tEmpire's labor
_dIthaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019
_z9781501742170
_w(DLC) 2019006498
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/73225/
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