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020			_a9780190621087 _q(paperback)
020			_a0190621087 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)988565334
040			_aAU@ _beng _erda _erda _cTZ-ArACH
049			_aTZAA
050		4	_aU240 _b.M14 2014
100	1		_aMcFate, Sean, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aModern mercenary : _bprivate armies and what they mean for world order / _cSean McFate.
260			_aOxford ; $a New York : _bOxford University Press, _c2014.
300			_axx, 248 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-237) and index.
505	0		_aPeace 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.
520			_a"In The Modern Mercenary, Sean McFate lays bare this opaque world, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. A former U.S. Army paratrooper and private military contractor, McFate provides an unparalleled perspective into the nuts and bolts of the industry, as well as a sobering prognosis for the future of war. While at present, the U.S. government and U.S. firms dominate the market, private military companies are emerging from other countries, and warlords and militias have restyled themselves as private security companies in places like Afghanistan and Somalia. To understand how the proliferation of private forces may influence international relations, McFate looks back to the European Middle Ages, when mercenaries were common and contract warfare the norm. He concludes that international relations in the twenty-first century may have more in common with the twelfth century than the twentieth. This "back to the future" situation, which he calls "neomedievalism," is not necessarily a negative condition, but it will produce a global system that contains rather than solves problems" -- Publisher's description.
650		0	_aPrivate military companies.
650		0	_aMercenary troops.
650		0	_aMercenary troops _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSecurity, International.
650		6	_aSociétés militaires privées
650		6	_aMercenaires.
650		6	_aMercenaires _zEtats-Unis.
650		7	_aMercenaries. _2aat
650		7	_aMercenary troops. _2fast
650		7	_aMilitary policy. _2fast
650		7	_aPrivate military companies. _2fast
650		7	_aSecurity, International. _2fast
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy.
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast
942			_2lcc _cBOOK
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