Peace, profit or plunder? : the privatisation of security in war-torn African societies / Jakkie Cilliers and Peggy Mason, eds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cilliers, Jakkie.

Mason, Peggy.

Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercenary troops--Africa--Congresses.

Mercenary troops.

Private security services--Africa--Congresses.

Private security services.

National security--Africa--Congresses.

National security.

Defenses.

Africa--Defenses--Congresses.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Halfway House : Institute for Security Studies, 1999.

Contents:

Private security in war-torn African states / Jakkie Cilliers

Africa, military downsizing and the growth in the security industry / Peter Lock

The crisis in external response / Mark Malan

The collapse of the African state / Richard Cornwell

Executive outcomes: a corporate conquest / Khareen Pech

The military as business: Military Professional Resources, Incorporated / Jakkie Cilliers and Ian Douglas

Gurkhas and the private security business in Africa / Alex Vines

Angola: a case study of private military involvement / Sean Cleary

Fighting for diamonds: private military companies in Sierra Leone / Ian Douglas

Private security and international law / Yves Sandoz

Africa: from the privatisation of security to the privatisation of war? / Jakkie Cilliers and Richard Cornwell.

Notes:

"Papers ... were first presented at a conference in Pretoria, South Africa during March 1998"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Peace, profit or plunder?

ISBN:

0620238348

9780620238342

OCLC:

45610279