The Privatization of Warfare and Maximizing Profit Through Security

Paper should focus on the semi-causal and autonomous forces that underpin the transformation in military operations to a reliance upon private security contractors/non-traditional military personnel. Additionally, it should reference the tenure of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and his introduction of supply chain efficiencies as well as the similar transformation undertaken by Donald Rumsfeld to streamline operations through organizational change and reliance on the private sector to fill critical capabilities (i.e. intelligence). Please include a reference to the distinction between traditional warfare and security/policing operations and the blurring of such lines generated by a modern security environment.