The modern mercenary : private armies and what they mean for world order /

It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide, without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only through McFate's employer, the military contr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McFate, Sean
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Private military companies.
Mercenary troops.
Mercenary troops > United States.
Security, International.
Sociétés militaires privées.
Mercenaires.
Mercenaires > États-Unis.
mercenaries.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military policy.
Legosoldater.
Privata militära företag.
Privata säkerhetsföretag.
Internationell säkerhet.
United States > Military policy.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Peace through profit motive?
  • Understanding the private military industry
  • A co-dependency problem
  • How did we get here?
  • Why private armies have returned
  • The murky side of private force
  • The modern world order: a brief history
  • Neomedievalism
  • Neomedieval warfare
  • Military enterprisers in Liberia: building better armies
  • Mercenaries in Somalia: a neomedieval tale
  • Medieval modernity.

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