Mercenaries and Security Contractors in the 21st Century : The Past and Future of Private Force

• Other Authors: Cusumano, Eugenio (Editor), Kinsey, Christopher (Editor), Parr, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Routledge, 2025.
• Series: Routledge private security studies.
• Subjects: Private security services.; mercenaries;private security contractors;private force;proxy warfare;Global South; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781003411659; 1003411657; 9781040333037; 1040333036; 9781040333099; 1040333095; 9781032533575
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations.

This book examines the debate over private security contractors, using historical and contemporary cases, including several non-Western examples.Since the end of the Cold War, security privatization has grown in its geographical outreach, breadth, and scope. This pervasive expansion of the private m...