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    Responsibility for premeditated mercenary murder or contract killing

    Source: European Scientific Journal. 1 SE (Dec. 1, 2013): p464. Responsibility for premeditated mercenary murder or contract killing Ioseb Mamestsarashvili Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2013 European Scientific Institute http://lemoigne.web.cern.ch/lemoigne/esi.html Abstract: Mercenary is very… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting

    Title: US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting Authors: Halpin, Allison Ann Advisors: Hanley, Eric Commitee Members: Wert, Hal Obadare, Ebenezer… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Private military companies: assisting the transnational capitalist class in accumulation by dispossession

    Private military companies: assisting the transnational capitalist class in accumulation by dispossession Aarseth, Tori Abstract: The topic of this thesis is the privatization of security and military services, and how the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The ‘Private’ Military Industry in Africa and Beyond

    The ‘private’ military industry in Africa and beyond: the corporatization of force and the consequences Sagvolden, Magne Bjerva URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2633 Date: 2010-04-21 Abstract: Based on a re-articulated definition of ‘public’ and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Private Military Contractors Deploy or Avoid Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq

    Private Military Contractors: Deploy or Avoid? Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq Type: Physical resource Title: Private Military Contractors: Deploy or Avoid? Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq Author:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The Turn to Outsourcing in U.S. Intelligence

    The Turn to Outsourcing in U.S. Intelligence Simon Chesterman National University of Singapore (NUS) – Faculty of Law March 18, 2012 Simon Chesterman, ONE NATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE: A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Military, Inc. Private Military Companies And State-Centrism In International Relations

    Military, Inc. Private Military Companies And State-Centrism In International Relations. Authors: Meyering, Alexander Barrett Department of Government and International Relations Issue Date: 2012 Abstract: This study sheds light on the relationship… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property

    The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property/Comment Grechenig, Kristoffel; Kolmar, Martin; Muehlheusser, Gerd. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 170.1 (Mar 2014): 5-26. The modern state has monopolized… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Foreigners in the Highest Trust: American Perceptions of European Mercenary Officers in the Continental Army

    Foreigners in the Highest Trust: American Perceptions of European Mercenary Officers in the Continental Army. Authors:SPALL, ERIC1 (AUTHOR) Source: Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal. Spring 2014, Vol. 12 Issue 2,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea

    PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea Spearin, Christopher. Naval War College Review67.2 (Spring 2014): 97-116. Abstract (summary) For the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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