Edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571241262
Published:
05.03.2009
No of pages:
272
Other Editions: Paperback
War plc
Stephen Armstrong
No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms worldwide. Whether they’re ex-special forces, CIA spooks or Foreign Legionnaires, you’ll find them exchanging gunfire with insurgents in Baghdad, patrolling government buildings in Afghanistan, or spying on environmental protestors.
The lucrative contracts of the 'War on Terror' have made their plans even more ambitious - to offer governments and corporations discrete and well-trained private armies. These corporate soldiers are part of the last great outsourcing - the privatisation of war. This book examines how we got here, how these companies operate, and how close we are to letting them run our battlefields.
Tags
Categorised as:
Non-fiction
Sub-categories:
Current Affairs
Genres & Themes:
Military;
Terrorism;
Espionage;
War;
Globalisation
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