Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service – yet they always suffer for it. This epi...

In this title, international relations scholar Allison Stanger shows how contractors became an integral part of American foreign policy, often in scandalous ways – but also maintains that contractors aren't the problem; the absence of good government...