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

Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A codependency 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 enterpr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McFate, Sean (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Keywords:
Private military companies
Mercenary troops
Mercenary troops > United States
Security, International
Bewachungsgewerbe
Söldner
Bedeutung
Rolle
Friede
Internationales politisches System
Politischer Wandel
Militär
Organisationswandel
Transnationale Politik
Politischer Prozess
Kriegführung
Bürgerkrieg
United States > Military policy
USA > Privates Militärunternehmen > Internationale Politik
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Summary:Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A codependency 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
Physical Description:XX, 248 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0199360103
9780199360109