McFate, Sean.

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The modern mercenary private armies and what they mean for world order / Sean McFate. . — Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

xx, 248 p. 25 cm

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.

9780199360109 (hbk.) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Private military companies.
Mercenary troops.
Mercenary troops--United States.
International security

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Military policy.