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Molly Dunigan is a political scientist at the Rand Corporation and author of Victory for Hire: Pr...

This book examines how private security contractors or analogous historical forces affect democra...

As the largest provider of government civilians to support U.S. military operations, the Army sta...

An assessment of the maritime component of a series of historical and ongoing operations reveals ...

Concerned about U.S. Department of Defense contracts for private-sector services, Congress mandat...

This report identifies emerging policy lessons regarding the use of, and reforms to, the U.S. Arm...

Deployed contractors may be exposed to the same stressors as military personnel. A RAND survey ex...

This comprehensive review of the U.S. Department of Defense operational contract support (OCS) pl...

Building on a 2010 RAND study of the 30 insurgencies begun and completed between 1978 and 2008, t...

The authors assess the utility and limitations of 'minimalist stabilization'--small-scale interve...

This book examines how private security contractors or analogous historical forces affect democra...