Corporate warriors: (Record no. 2657)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0801441145 (hbk.):
Terms of availability 39.95 US
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name SINGER P W
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Corporate warriors:
Remainder of title the rise of the privatized military industry
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Ithaca NY. USA:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cornell Univ Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 330p.
520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Arranged in three main sections this book looks at the growing involvement of private commercial companies in military operations and conflicts. Part one looks at the development of private militaries from early mercenary forces to modern coporations; part two deals with the organization and operation of modern private military corporations; and part three considers implications including the effect of market dynamics, the morality of private involvement in conflict for profit, the civil military balance. There are case studies of Executive Outcomes, Military Professional Resources Inc (MPRI), and Brown and Root. Appendix 1 lists web-sites of private military companies. Appendix 2 gives the full text of the contract between Sandline and the government of Papua New Guinea. Bibliography and index.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element MERCENARY FORCES
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Defence Academy Library Defence Academy Library On-Shelf 30/07/2003 1 355.354 SIN 0014631 20/02/2017 1 03/01/2024 Book