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Leashing the Dogs of War: The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies
Simon Chesterman
New York University - School of Law, Singapore Programme; NUS Law School
Carnegie Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 36-45, Fall 2008
NYU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-24
Abstract:
The activities of Blackwater and other private contractors in Iraq have focused public attention on the post-Cold War trend towards outsourcing of military services. Are such scandals proof of the impossibility of holding modern mercenaries to account, or evidence that the market for force is beginning to mature?
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1287465_code244368.pdf?abstractid=1162526&mirid=1
Simon Chesterman
New York University - School of Law, Singapore Programme; NUS Law School
Carnegie Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 36-45, Fall 2008
NYU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-24
Abstract:
The activities of Blackwater and other private contractors in Iraq have focused public attention on the post-Cold War trend towards outsourcing of military services. Are such scandals proof of the impossibility of holding modern mercenaries to account, or evidence that the market for force is beginning to mature?
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1287465_code244368.pdf?abstractid=1162526&mirid=1