Christopher Kinsey

Corporate Soldiers and International Security

The Rise of Private Military Companies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

security. This book will be of great interest to all students of international politics, security studies and war studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 158mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780415365833
• ISBN-10: 041536583X
• Artikelnr.: 21435254

Autorenporträt

Christopher Kinsey is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King's College London. His research examines the impact of private security in international politics. He has published articles on the regulation and control of PSCs and on their organisational structure.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Historical Overview of the Marginalization of Legitimate
Nonstate Violence 2. The Evolution of Private Violence as an Instrument of
Foreign Policy 3. Tensions Exposed in the Arms to Sierra Leone Affair 4. A
Typology of Private Military Organisations 5. The Privatisation of Warfare
and the Emergence of PMCs 6. The Role of PMCs in a Changing Global
Environment 7. Regulation and Control: the Legislative Dimension 8.
Regulation and Control: the Role of Military Values in Managing the
Practices of PMCs Conclusion