Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military Companies provides a comprehensive survey and guide to the mercenary forces, entrepreneurs, and corp

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 w

Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operat

The book concludes with an assessment of the complexities surrounding responses to security privatization - and an exploration of when, and whether, it should b

Mercenaries are more powerful than experts realize, a grave oversight. Those who assume they are cheap imitations of national armed forces invite disaster becau