Christopher Kinsey is a lecturer in international security with King’s College London, Defence Studies Department, at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham. His previous publications includes Coporate Soldiers and International Security: The Rise of Private Military Companies (Routledge: 2006)

• Introduction  1. The Role of Mercenaries and Contractors in Supplying War  2. Contractors and the Consequence of Political Mismanagement of the Iraq Invasion  3. Contractorising War: the US Government’s Reliance on Contractors in Iraq  4. Strategic Contracting and Contractors in the Reconstruction of Iraq  5. Outsourcing War: The Use of Contractors in Support of the UK Operation in Iraq  6. Operating with Impunity: A Gap in the Law or a Lack of Political Will?  Conclusion

Christopher Kinsey is a lecturer in international security with King’s College London, Defence Studies Department, at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham. His previous publications includes Coporate Soldiers and International Security: The Rise of Private Military Companies (Routledge: 2006)

• Introduction  1. The Role of Mercenaries and Contractors in Supplying War  2. Contractors and the Consequence of Political Mismanagement of the Iraq Invasion  3. Contractorising War: the US Government’s Reliance on Contractors in Iraq  4. Strategic Contracting and Contractors in the Reconstruction of Iraq  5. Outsourcing War: The Use of Contractors in Support of the UK Operation in Iraq  6. Operating with Impunity: A Gap in the Law or a Lack of Political Will?  Conclusion

Christopher Kinsey is a lecturer in international security with King’s College London, Defence Studies Department, at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham. His previous publications includes Coporate Soldiers and International Security: The Rise of Private Military Companies (Routledge: 2006)

• Introduction  1. The Role of Mercenaries and Contractors in Supplying War  2. Contractors and the Consequence of Political Mismanagement of the Iraq Invasion  3. Contractorising War: the US Government’s Reliance on Contractors in Iraq  4. Strategic Contracting and Contractors in the Reconstruction of Iraq  5. Outsourcing War: The Use of Contractors in Support of the UK Operation in Iraq  6. Operating with Impunity: A Gap in the Law or a Lack of Political Will?  Conclusion