Outsourcing American Power
Middlebury College professor Allison Stanger has a new book titled, “One National Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy”, which discusses the role that private contractors play in American foreign affairs.
Writing in The New York Times yesterday, Thomas Friedman observed,
As we debate how many more troops to dispatch to Afghanistan, it might be a good time to also debate just how far we’ve already gone in hiring private contractors to do jobs that the State Department, Pentagon and C.I.A. once did on their own. A good place to start is with the Middlebury College professor Allison Stanger’s new book on this subject, “One Nation Under Contract: The Outsourcing of American Power and the Future of Foreign Policy.”
Professor Stanger will be in Little Rock on November 11th to speak at the Clinton School of Public Service. Her speech begins at noon and is free to the public.
Take an hour and attend. It will be well worth your time.
