Read The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order Online
Authors: Sean McFate
PMCs in,
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private armies vs. public forces of,
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security needs of the US in,
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Sunni and Shia conflict in,
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UN and,
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US combat operations in,
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US political debate and,
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US propaganda in Iraq press,
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IRC,
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ISAF (International Security Assistance Force),
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Islamic courts,
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Islamic nations,
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Islamic State in Iraq and Sham,
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ISOA (International Stability Operations Association),
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Italy: Africa and,
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Middle Age mercenaries in,
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Middle Age sovereignty fragmentation in,
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Renaissance mercenaries in,
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vessel protection detachments of,
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ITT,
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Jackie’s Adventure and Liberia’s New Armed Forces
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Jan Schakowsky,
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J. Donne Holdings,
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Jones, Simon,
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journalists.
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media
Kabbah, Ahmad Tejan,
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Karzai, Hamid,
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KBR,
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Keenie Meenie Services,
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Kenya,
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Keynes, John Maynard,
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Kinsey, Christopher,
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KROLL,
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Kurosawa, Akira,
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Kyrgyzstan,
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Landau, Konrad von,
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Latin America: drug wars in,
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liberalization in,
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mercenaries in,
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MS-13 in,
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new market for force in,
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WatchGuard International in,
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League of Arab States,
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Lenin, Vladimir,
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lethal force by PMCs: definitions of PMCs and,
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government oversight and,
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new and controversial nature of,
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WPPSs contract,
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Levine, Corey,
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Liberia: community policing in,
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as failed state,
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RUF and,
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UN and,
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Liberia, case study: buying an army,
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DynCorp contract,
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overview,
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positive aspects,
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Liberian National Police,
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Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD),
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Lieber Code (1863),
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Lifeguard,
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Lisle, Thomas de,
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Lockheed Martin,
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LOGCAP (Logistics Civil Augmentation Program),
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Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP),
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Louvois, marquis de,
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Luitingh, Lafras,
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LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy),
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Lützen, Battle of,
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McCabe, Bernie,
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Machiavelli, Niccolò,
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McKnight, Terence,
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McLuhan, Marshall,
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Malacca Straits,
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Malatesta, Sigismondo,
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Malatesti family,
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Mamluk sultanate,
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Mansfeld, Ernest,
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Marathon Oil Corporation,
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market for force: black market for,
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contracts in a,
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free market mercenaries,
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free market vs. mediated,
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information asymmetry and the,
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mediated market with military enterprisers,
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for profit killing and,
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Liberia, case study
Somalia, case study
Market for Force, The
(Avant),
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market for force trends: industry bifurcation (mediated market/free market with mercenaries),
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industry indigenization,
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regulatory and market approaches for PMCs,
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Matthias Corvinus (king),
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Maximilian I (emperor),
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Médecins sans Frontières,
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media: on Furlong contract,
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on Liberia,
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on mercenary market,
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on military deaths,
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NGOs use of the,
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US Iraq propaganda,
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MEJA (Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act),
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mercenary PMCs: definition of mercenaries in Geneva Protocol I,
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military enterprisers vs.,
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overview,
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private military history; Somalia, case study
Merchant of Venice, The
(Shakespeare),
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Middle Ages: globalization during the,
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marauding mercenaries in the,
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medieval solutions to modern problems,
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modern PMCs parallels with PMCs in the,
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sovereignty fragmentation in the,
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transnational criminal organizations in the,
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transnational organizations in the,
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world order during the,
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military enterprisers PMCs: in the 1600s,
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overview,
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Liberia, case study
Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA),
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Military Professional Resources Inc.
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MPRI
Mills, Greg,
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Mirabeau, marquis de,
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MIT,
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Mobutu, Joseph,
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Mohamed Farrah Aidid,
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Molyns, John,
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Montefeltri family,
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Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933),
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Montone, Braccio da,
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More, Thomas,
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Morgan Stanley,
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Morgenthau, Hans,
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Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),
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Mozambique,
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MPRI (Military Professional Resources Inc.): in Croatia and Bosnia,
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developing countries
expertise,
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functional areas and typical tasks of,
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in Latin America,
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Liberia and,
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NGOs and,
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Muhammad, Ali Mahdi,
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Myanmar,
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Napoleon,
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National Defense Authorization Act,
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National Performance Review,
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National Security Presidential Directive
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National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),
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Navy SEAL Team Six,
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neomedievalism: Bull’s test for,
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controlling private military force under,
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defined,
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disintegration of states,
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regional integration of states,
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transnational organizations and,
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Liberia, case study; Somalia, case study
neomedieval warfare: combatants vs. civilians in,
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PMCs and contract warfare,
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Westphalian warfare vs.,
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Netherlands,
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New York Times
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NGOs.
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nongovernmental organizations
Niger delta,
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Nightingale, Andrew,
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Nisour Square, Baghdad,
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Nobel Peace Prize (2010),
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nongovernmental organizations (NGOs): Bancroft Global Development and,
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human rights regime and,
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in Kenya,
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Nordic Crisis Management,
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