Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military Companies

by Alan Axelrod

Mercenaries have been active in battle from the beginning of military history and, as private armies and military support firms, they are a major component of warfare today. Security, military advice, training, logistics support, policing, technological expertise, intelligence, transportation--all are outsourced to a greater or lesser degree in the U.S. military. However, privatization is not a uniquely American phenomenon. Countries as diverse as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608712486
• ISBN13: 9781608712489
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: CQ Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.2"