Private armed forces and global security
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: Carlos Ortiz.
Series: Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313355929; 9780313355936
Subjects: Private military companies -- History -- 21st century; Private military companies -- History -- 20th century; Security, International -- History -- 21st century; Security, International -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Private forces in historical perspective; title: Private military companies and adverse private forces; title: Conflict environments and private forces; title: The privatization of security, approaches and problems; title: Conclusions.