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Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace
H. Wulf
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Description for Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JW; KCP; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In this timely work, the author analyzes the use of private military firms and international interventions of the military. Outsourcing to the private sector takes missions away from the military, but the shift towards international intervention adds new, wider functions to the traditional role of defence. If these two trends continue at the present pace, important security functions will be out of control of parliaments, national governments and international authorities. The state monopoly of violence - an achievement of civilization - is at stake.
In this timely work, the author analyzes the use of private military firms and international interventions of the military. Outsourcing to the private sector takes missions away from the military, but the shift towards international intervention adds new, wider functions to the traditional role of defence. If these two trends continue at the present pace, important security functions will be out of control of parliaments, national governments and international authorities. The state monopoly of violence - an achievement of civilization - is at stake.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349525485
SKU
V9781349525485
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99-15
About H. Wulf
HERBERT WULF, formerly Director, Bonn International Centre for Conversion, is an advisor to UNDP North Korea on arms control. He served as a consultant to several United Nations Agencies. In his previous research positions, he was Senior Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and the University of Hamburg. He wrote several books on the defence industry and his ... Read more
Reviews for Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace
'This is a fascinating book that brings the reader face to face with the changed security challenge in the post Cold War, globalizing world.' - Rt Hon Clare Short MP, UK 'At last we have a book about the privatization and internationalization of war that gets beyond the spectacular headlines coming from Iraq to develop a sound ... Read more