Empire’s Labor : The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars / Adam Moore

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2019Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501716386
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Contents:
From 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
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher
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From 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

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"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"-- Provided by publisher

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