num_pages: 230
description: The contemporary organization of global violence is neither timeless nor natural, argues Janice Thomson. It is distinctively modern. In this book she examines how the present arrangement of the world into violence-monopolizing sovereign states evolved over the six preceding centuries.
language: English
title: Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns
titlecomplete: Mercenaries, Pirates, and Sovereigns
genres: History, European History, Pirates
ratings_count: 46
publisher: Princeton University Press