02849oam 2200649I 450 991078107740332120230725044849.01-135-15327-21-135-15328-01-282-57026-997866125702610-203-85689-910.4324/9780203856895 (CKB)2550000000006743(EBL)481072(OCoLC)607498640(SSID)ssj0000364755(PQKBManifestationID)12082191(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364755(PQKBWorkID)10399201(PQKB)10693287(MiAaPQ)EBC481072(Au-PeEL)EBL481072(CaPaEBR)ebr10370163(CaONFJC)MIL257026(OCoLC)607498640 (EXLCZ)99255000000000674320180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPrivate security contractors and new wars risk, law, and ethics /Kateri CarmolaLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (202 p.)Contemporary security studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-68191-X 0-415-77171-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The complex identity of the PMSC; 2 The multifaceted origins of the PMSC industry; 3 Contracting and danger in the risk society; 4 PMSCs and the clash of legal cultures; 5 Frontier ethics with a cosmopolitan goal; Epilogue: Problems and solutions; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book addresses the ambiguities of the growing use of private security contractors and provides guidance as to how our expectations about regulating this expanding 'service' industry will have to be adjusted.In the warzones of Iraq and Afghanistan many of those who carry weapons are not legally combatants, nor are they protected civilians. They are contracted by governments, businesses, and NGOs to provide armed security. Often mistaken as members of armed forces, they are instead part of a new protean proxy force that works alongside the military in a multitude of shiftinContemporary security studies.Private military companiesPrivate security servicesPrivate military companies.Private security services.355.3/5Carmola Kateri.1509138MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781077403321Private security contractors and new wars3740738UNINA