The modern mercenary : private armies and what they mean for world order

McFate, Sean.

2014, Book , xx, 248 pages :

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Publication information:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
ISBN:	0199360103 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN:	9780199360109 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:	English
Record ID:	3135276
Format:	Regular Print Book
Physical description:	xx, 248 pages : illustrations.
Date acquired:	January 13, 2015
More creator details:	Sean McFate.
Contents note:	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.

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