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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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2014
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| In: | Jahr: 2014 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Physische Details: | XX, 248 S., Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0-19-936010-3 978-0-19-936010-9 |
