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Private armed forces and global security : a guide to the issues / Carlos Ortiz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ortiz, Carlos.
- Series:
- Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues.
- Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Private military companies--History--20th century.
- Private military companies.
- Private military companies--History--21st century.
- Security, International--History--20th century.
- Security, International.
- Security, International--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through an array of theoretical approaches and empirical material, this comprehensive and accessible volume surveys private armed forces and directly challenges conventional stereotypes of security contractors.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Private forces in historical perspective
- Private military companies and adverse private forces
- Conflict environments and private forces
- The privatization of security, approaches and problems
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798216001409
- 9786612492167
- 9781282492165
- 1282492160
- 9780313355936
- 0313355932
- OCLC:
- 609857890
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