Private Armed Forces and Global Security - A Guide to the Issues (Hardcover)

Through an array of theoretical approaches and empirical material, this comprehensive and accessible volume surveys private armed forces and directly challenges conventional stereotypes of security contractors. Private Armed Forces and Global Security: A Guide to the Issues is the first book to provide a comprehensive yet accessible survey of the private military groups involved in conflicts worldwide. Organized around four themes, it covers the history of private military forces since 1600, the main contemporary actors and their defining characteristics, the environments in which private armed forces operate, and provides an analysis of the logic behind privatizing security. This book goes beyond conventional knowledge, offering both a theoretical approach and a new, practical perspective to advance the understanding of the ongoing climate of global instability and relevant players within it. Numerous examples help the reader grasp the full range of real-world challenges and conceptual facets surrounding this fascinating, yet highly polarizing topic.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Juan Carlos Ortiz
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-35592-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Special & elite forces Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	0-313-35592-4
Barcode:	9780313355929

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