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The modern mercenary : private armies and what they mean for world order / Sean McFate.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]Description: xx, 248 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199360109 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.3/54 23
LOC classification:
  • U 240  M478m 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A codependency 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: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) U 240 M478m 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000128076

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-237) and index.

Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A codependency 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.

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.

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