Mercenaries and war : understanding private armies today / Sean McFate.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

McFate, Sean, author.

Contributor:

National Defense University Press, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercenary troops.

Private military companies.

Mercenary troops--History.

Military art and science.

mercenaries.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (51 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

"Mercenaries are more powerful than experts realize, a grave oversight. Those who assume they are cheap imitations of national armed forces invite disaster because for-profit warriors are a wholly different genus and species of fighter. Private military companies such as the Wagner Group are more like heavily armed multinational corporations than the Marine Corps. Their employees are recruited from different countries, and profitability is everything. Patriotism is unimportant, and sometimes a liability. Unsurprisingly, mercenaries do not fight conventionally, and traditional war strategies used against them may backfire" -- Publisher's web site.

Contents:

An emerging threat

Who is a 'mercenary'?

Stigma and hypocrisy

The second oldest profession

Private force, power, and world order

The return of mercenaries

The U.S. role in resurrecting mercenarism

Market globalization

A glimpse inside the mercenary world

Understanding private warfare

Strategies for private wars

An unstoppable trend.

Notes:

"December 2019."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-50).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NDU Press website, viewed Dec. 13, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: McFate, Sean. Mercenaries and war

OCLC:

1130760137