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Ori Swed

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University

A contractor walks between trucks

Who are the private contractors fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? An inside look at this invisible military force.

A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant military experience.

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