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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Autor principal: McFate, Sean (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 2014
En:Año: 2014
Acceso en línea: Book review (H-Net)
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Palabras clave:
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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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:XX, 248 S., Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0199360103
9780199360109