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The modern mercenary : private armies and what they mean for world order / Sean McFate.
LIBRA U240 .M224 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McFate, Sean, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Private military companies.
- Mercenary troops.
- Mercenary troops--United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Military policy.
- Security, International.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 248 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 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
- Annex A. IDIQ contract
- Annex B. Contract amendment
- Annex C. Liberia military program timeline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199360109
- 0199360103
- OCLC:
- 861678625
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