Hagedorn, Ann

Private security is an industry that is indispensable to American foreign and military policy. When the Bush administration used security contractors to supplement the military during the war in Iraq, private contractors began to eventually exceed traditional troops in what some now regard as America's first contractor war. Today the industry continues to explore a vast array of new markets for its armed and unarmed security and defensive services. What is the risk for the United States as we increasingly depend on contractors for our security?.

A comprehensive narrative that describes the political and social changes in post-World War I America in 1919 including criticism of the government, labor strikes, government restrictions for reasons of national security, bombings, and the formation of the FBI.

Tells the story of the abolitionists of the Ohio River town of Ripley, focusing on the work of Presbyterian minister John Rankin whose hilltop house stood as a beacon to slaves trying to reach the Underground Railroad.