Author: James R. Davis
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926706609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
From the jungles of west Africa to the killing fields of the former Yugoslavia, wherever the next global hotspot flares into action, the private military waits, ready to step into the fray. Once they were known as "soldiers of fortune." Now, they call themselves "military advisors." The honourable history of soldiers-for-hire clashes with the modern distaste for "mercenaries." In this compelling and controversial new book, James Davis reveals the shadowy inside world of the multi-billion-dollar international security industry.
Fortune's Warriors
Author: James R. Davis
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926706609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
From the jungles of west Africa to the killing fields of the former Yugoslavia, wherever the next global hotspot flares into action, the private military waits, ready to step into the fray. Once they were known as "soldiers of fortune." Now, they call themselves "military advisors." The honourable history of soldiers-for-hire clashes with the modern distaste for "mercenaries." In this compelling and controversial new book, James Davis reveals the shadowy inside world of the multi-billion-dollar international security industry.
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926706609
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
From the jungles of west Africa to the killing fields of the former Yugoslavia, wherever the next global hotspot flares into action, the private military waits, ready to step into the fray. Once they were known as "soldiers of fortune." Now, they call themselves "military advisors." The honourable history of soldiers-for-hire clashes with the modern distaste for "mercenaries." In this compelling and controversial new book, James Davis reveals the shadowy inside world of the multi-billion-dollar international security industry.
Background Notes
Author: United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Area studies
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Area studies
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Rebel Politics
Author: David Brenner
Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
ISBN: 1501740105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Rebel Politics analyzes the changing dynamics of the civil war in Myanmar, one of the most entrenched armed conflicts in the world. Since 2011, a national peace process has gone hand-in-hand with escalating ethnic conflict. The Karen National Union (KNU), previously known for its uncompromising stance against the central government of Myanmar, became a leader in the peace process after it signed a ceasefire in 2012. Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) returned to the trenches in 2011 after its own seventeen-year-long ceasefire broke down. To understand these puzzling changes, Brenner conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the KNU and KIO, analyzing the relations between rebel leaders, their rank-and-file, and local communities in the context of wider political and geopolitical transformations. Drawing on Political Sociology, Rebel Politics explains how revolutionary elites capture and lose legitimacy within their own movements and how these internal contestations drive the strategies of rebellion in unforeseen ways. Brenner presents a novel perspective that contributes to our understanding of contemporary politics in Southeast Asia, and to the study of conflict, peace and security, by highlighting the hidden social dynamics and everyday practices of political violence, ethnic conflict, rebel governance and borderland politics.
Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
ISBN: 1501740105
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Rebel Politics analyzes the changing dynamics of the civil war in Myanmar, one of the most entrenched armed conflicts in the world. Since 2011, a national peace process has gone hand-in-hand with escalating ethnic conflict. The Karen National Union (KNU), previously known for its uncompromising stance against the central government of Myanmar, became a leader in the peace process after it signed a ceasefire in 2012. Meanwhile, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) returned to the trenches in 2011 after its own seventeen-year-long ceasefire broke down. To understand these puzzling changes, Brenner conducted ethnographic fieldwork among the KNU and KIO, analyzing the relations between rebel leaders, their rank-and-file, and local communities in the context of wider political and geopolitical transformations. Drawing on Political Sociology, Rebel Politics explains how revolutionary elites capture and lose legitimacy within their own movements and how these internal contestations drive the strategies of rebellion in unforeseen ways. Brenner presents a novel perspective that contributes to our understanding of contemporary politics in Southeast Asia, and to the study of conflict, peace and security, by highlighting the hidden social dynamics and everyday practices of political violence, ethnic conflict, rebel governance and borderland politics.
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Prior to 1870, the series was published under various names. From 1870 to 1947, the uniform title Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States was used. From 1947 to 1969, the name was changed to Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. After that date, the current name was adopted.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
Prior to 1870, the series was published under various names. From 1870 to 1947, the uniform title Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States was used. From 1947 to 1969, the name was changed to Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. After that date, the current name was adopted.
Message of the President of the United States Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress ....
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs
Author: United States. Department of State
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the ... Session of the ... Congress, with Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executive departments
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
The CRC Press Terrorism Reader
Author: Marie-Helen Maras
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040081517
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
From CRC Press's unrivaled pool of author experts comes the ultimate reader on terrorism. With information drawn from premier titles in the CRC Press collection, it focuses on how to prepare for, mitigate, counter, and respond to terror threats and acts. Policy issues, critical infrastructure protection, terrorism funding, and target selection is discussed, along with weapons of mass destruction, intelligence and antiterrorism efforts, terrorism crisis management, and responder issues. The book goes beyond theory to provide practitioner knowledge from the field straight into the reader‘s hands, delivering real-world solutions to terrorist threats and acts at home and abroad.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040081517
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
From CRC Press's unrivaled pool of author experts comes the ultimate reader on terrorism. With information drawn from premier titles in the CRC Press collection, it focuses on how to prepare for, mitigate, counter, and respond to terror threats and acts. Policy issues, critical infrastructure protection, terrorism funding, and target selection is discussed, along with weapons of mass destruction, intelligence and antiterrorism efforts, terrorism crisis management, and responder issues. The book goes beyond theory to provide practitioner knowledge from the field straight into the reader‘s hands, delivering real-world solutions to terrorist threats and acts at home and abroad.