Sean McFate (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, National Def

The Modern Mercenary

Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order

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Produktbeschreibung

Former industry insider Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9780190621087
• ISBN-10: 0190621087
• Artikelnr.: 47803257

Autorenporträt

Associate Professor, National Defense University; Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown School of Foreign Service; Adjunct Social Scientist, RAND Corporation

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Peace Through Profit Motive?
Chapter 2: Understanding the Private Military Industry
Chapter 3: A Co-Dependency Problem
Chapter 4: How Did We Get Here?
Chapter 5: Why Private Armies Have Returned
Chapter 6: The Murky Side of Private Force
Chapter 7: The Modern World Order: A Brief History
Chapter 8: Neomedievalism
Chapter 9: Neomedieval Warfare
Chapter 10: Military Enterprisers in Liberia: Building Better Armies
Chapter 11: Mercenaries in Somalia: A Neomedieval Tale
Chapter 12: Medieval Modernity