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Books and Book Chapters

Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq, by David Isenberg (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008).

Articles and Newsletters

"Private Military Contractors and U.S. Grand Strategy," by David Isenberg, PRIO Report, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, October 2009.

"Analysis of James Gordan v. ArmorGroup North America," by David Isenberg, Private Military Herald, September 20, 2009.

Opinion and Commentary

"Subcontracting Substandard Services: Military Contracts in Iraq Still Controversial," by David Isenberg, CorpWatch.org, June 27, 2011

"Security Contractors and U.S. Defense: Lessons Learned from Iraq and Afghanistan," by David Isenberg, World Politics Review, June 14, 2011

"Book Review: The Privatization of US Foreign Policy," by David Isenberg, Asia Times Online, March 25, 2011

"To Better Afghanistan, Boot the Contractors," by Josef Storm and Malou Innocent, Christian Science Monitor, September 23, 2010

"ABC J'accuse MEP: There Is No There There," by David Isenberg, Huffington Post, September 14, 2010

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Are Government Contractors Exploiting Workers Overseas? Examining Enforcement of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, David Isenberg, Congressional Testimony, November 2, 2011.

Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq, David Isenberg, Speech, February 16, 2009.

Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far?, David Isenberg, Speech, November 14, 2008.

Multimedia

David Isenberg discusses U.S. War contracts on Al-Jazeera (July 22, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:16]

Christopher A. Preble on the civilian surge in Afghanistan on Inside Story (October 28, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 00:00]

David Isenberg discusses the dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors on Al Jazeera (January 2, 2010) [Media Highlights - TV, 07:18]

Security Contractors in Iraq featuring David Isenberg (December 29, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 08:46]

Law and Blackwater in Iraq featuring Ilya Shapiro (October 24, 2007) [Daily Podcast, 06:41]