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1 online resource |
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polychrome. |
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text file |
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Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A co-dependency 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. |
| Summary |
It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide, without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only through McFate's employer, the military contractor DynCorp International. Throughout the world, similar scenarios are playing out daily. The United States can no longer go to war without contractors. Yet we don't know much about the industry's structure, its operations, or where it's heading. Typically led by ex-military men, contractor firms are b. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Private military companies.
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Private military companies. |
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Mercenary troops.
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Mercenary troops. |
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Mercenary troops -- United States.
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United States. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Security, International.
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Security, International. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: McFate, Sean. Modern mercenary 9780199360109 (DLC) 2014000896 (OCoLC)861678625 |
| ISBN |
9780199360116 (electronic book) |
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0199360111 (electronic book) |
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9780199360109 |
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0199360103 |
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0190621087 (paperback) |
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9780190621087 (paperback) |
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