Read The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order Online
Authors: Sean McFate
Total Intelligence Solutions,
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transnational organizations: Liberia’s recovery and,
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in the Middle Ages,
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TRC (Truth and Reconciliation Commission) (Liberia),
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Treaty of Versailles,
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Triton International,
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Trivulzio, Gian Giacomo,
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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (Liberia),
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Turtle, Arish,
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UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles),
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Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ),
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United Arab Emirates,
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United Nations: on decline in piracy,
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military interventions by the,
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multinational corporations and the,
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as new market for force,
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NGOs and,
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peacekeeping,
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Saracen and the,
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security force vetting by the,
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Somalia and the,
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sovereignty pooling in the,
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use of force rules and the,
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,
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United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),
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United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM),
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United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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United States: al-Shabaab and the,
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Battle of Mogadishu and the,
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codependency with PMCs,
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colonial conquests,
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companies use of tax havens,
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covert operation by,
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failed states and the,
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Flying Tigers,
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information asymmetry with PMCs,
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intelligence collection by the,
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Japan and the,
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Latin America and the,
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mercenary PMCs and the,
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PMCs codependency with the,
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PMCs deployment capabilities vs.,
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PMCs leaving the,
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PMCs legitimized by the,
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reasons for return of private armies,
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Rome Statute and the,
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as single superpower,
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SomCan and,
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Soviet Union and the,
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subprime mortgage crisis,
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war on terror,
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Liberia, case study
United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
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United States Air Force Pararescue–Air Force Combat Controllers,
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United States Army: Battle of Mogadishu and,
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LOGCAP,
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operational events conducted by the,
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PMCs patterned after the,
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reduction in force,
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United States Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP),
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United States Commission on Wartime Contracting,
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United States Congress: Blackwater investigation by the,
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Commission on Wartime Contracting,
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executive branch and,
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oversight of contractors/PMCs,
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privatization and the,
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tax havens and the,
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United States Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
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United States Constitution,
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United States Department of Defense (DOD),
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United States Marine Corps,
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United States Military Academy at West Point,
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United States Navy SEAL Team Six,
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
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United States State Department: Blackwater contract,
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Blackwater investigation by the,
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Congress and the,
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Darfur and the,
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Somalia and the,
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WPPS contract,
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Liberia, case study
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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University of Chicago,
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unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
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UNMIL (UN Mission in Liberia),
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UNOSOM (United Nations Operation in Somalia),
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Urban V (pope),
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USAID (United States Agency for International Development),
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,
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Utopia
(More),
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Varangian Guard,
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Vecchio, Mastin,
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Vercingetorix,
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Vienna Declaration on Human Rights,
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Visconti, Bernabo,
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Walker, David,
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Wallenstein, Albrecht von,
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war: contractors as percentage of workforce,
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PMCs encouraging,
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neomedieval warfare; Westphalian order
warlords: as de facto law,
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free market and,
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in Somalia,
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women,
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War PLC
(Armstrong),
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Watan Risk Management,
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WatchGuard International,
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Weber, Max,
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West African Examination Council,
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Westphalian order: anomalous nature of,
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legitimate violence under,
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as new world order,
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peacekeeping missions and,
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twentieth century as zenith of,
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West Point,
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White Company,
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White Mountain, Battle of,
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Wild Geese, The
(1978),
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Wittstock, Battle of,
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Wonga Coup,
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Woodhouse, John,
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Woolsey, James,
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world order: killing of civilians and,
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Worldvision,
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World War I and II,
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WPPS (Worldwide Personal Protective Services),
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Xe.
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Blackwater
XFOR Security Solutions,
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Yemen,
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Yojimbo
(1961),
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Zaire,
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Zeljko “Arkan” Raznjatovic,
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Zenawi, Meles,
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