Corporations and counterinsurgency / / William Rosenau ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (56 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.325/17 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RosenauWilliam |
Collana | Occasional paper |
Soggetto topico |
International business enterprises - Political aspects
Corporations, Foreign - Political aspects Non-governmental organizations - Political aspects Private military companies Counterinsurgency International relations |
ISBN |
1-282-39860-1
9786612398605 0-8330-4901-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Doing Business in Zones of Conflict; "State-Building"; "Soft" Security Measures; Community Relations; The Bottom Line: Risk Reduction; CHAPTER THREE - Royal Dutch Shell in the Niger Delta; The Conflict Environment; Shell Nigeria's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Assessing Shell Nigeria's Response; CHAPTER FOUR - Firestone in Liberia; The Conflict Environment; Firestone's Strategy During the 1980s; Firestone's Approach in the 1990s; Firestone's Post-2000 Strategy
Assessing Firestone's ResponseCHAPTER FIVE - Placer Dome in Papua New Guinea; The Conflict Environment; Placer Dome's Conflict-Mitigation Strategy; Social Strategies; Assessing Placer Dome's Response; CHAPTER SIX - Conclusion; APPENDIX - Responses in Conflict Zones; References |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219983803321 |
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Empire’s Labor : The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars / / Adam Moore |
Autore | Moore Adam <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cornell University Press, 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource.) |
Disciplina | 355.3/40973 |
Collana | Cornell scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Logistics - Contracting out - United States
Private military companies - Employees Private military companies |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato | Iraq, Afghanistan, military contractors, US military policy, foreign workers |
ISBN | 1-5017-1639-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | From camp followers to a global army of labor -- Colonial legacies and labor export -- The wages of peace and war -- Supplying war -- Assembling a transnational workforce -- Dark routes -- Activism -- Relations -- Home -- Conclusion : empire's labor. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910524896203321 |
Moore Adam <1976->
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Mercenaries : a guide to private armies and private military companies / / Alan Axelrod |
Autore | Axelrod Alan <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, California : , : CQ Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 pages) |
Disciplina | 355.354 |
Soggetto topico |
Private military companies
Private security services Mercenary troops - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4833-6466-6
1-322-29960-9 1-78402-654-9 1-4833-4031-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Roots and precedents -- part II. Soldiers of fortune -- part III. The modern privatized military industry. |
Altri titoli varianti | Guide to private armies and private military companies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480733503321 |
Axelrod Alan <1952->
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Mercenaries : a guide to private armies and private military companies / / Alan Axelrod |
Autore | Axelrod Alan <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles : , : CQ Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 413 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
Disciplina | 355.354 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Private military companies
Private security services Mercenary troops - History |
ISBN |
1-4833-6466-6
1-322-29960-9 1-78402-654-9 1-4833-4031-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Roots and precedents -- part II. Soldiers of fortune -- part III. The modern privatized military industry. |
Altri titoli varianti | Guide to private armies and private military companies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789298003321 |
Axelrod Alan <1952->
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Los Angeles : , : CQ Press, , 2014 | ||
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Mercenaries : a guide to private armies and private military companies / / Alan Axelrod |
Autore | Axelrod Alan <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles : , : CQ Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 413 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
Disciplina | 355.354 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Private military companies
Private security services Mercenary troops - History |
ISBN |
1-4833-6466-6
1-322-29960-9 1-78402-654-9 1-4833-4031-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I. Roots and precedents -- part II. Soldiers of fortune -- part III. The modern privatized military industry. |
Altri titoli varianti | Guide to private armies and private military companies |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813509503321 |
Axelrod Alan <1952->
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Mercenaries : putting the world to rights with hired guns / / Al J Venter |
Autore | Venter Al J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia ; ; Oxford : , : Casemate, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (644 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.35409 |
Soggetto topico |
Mercenary troops - History
Terrorism - Prevention Private military companies |
ISBN | 1-61200-245-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker
12 "Operation Impossible" - On the Run across Africa13 Soldier of Fortune in Iraq; 14 How Executive Outcomes Ran Its Wars; 15 Bounty Hunt in Rhodesia; 16 Profile of a Mercenary: American Professional Greg Lovett; 17 Taking Angola's Diamond Fields from the Rebels; 18 The Future Role of Mercenaries on the African Continent; 19 Profile of a Mercenary: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis; 20 Freelance Pilots Fly Chopper Support Missions in Afghanistan |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786564003321 |
Venter Al J.
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Mercenaries : putting the world to rights with hired guns / / Al J Venter |
Autore | Venter Al J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia ; ; Oxford : , : Casemate, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (644 p.) |
Disciplina | 355.35409 |
Soggetto topico |
Mercenary troops - History
Terrorism - Prevention Private military companies |
ISBN | 1-61200-245-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker
12 "Operation Impossible" - On the Run across Africa13 Soldier of Fortune in Iraq; 14 How Executive Outcomes Ran Its Wars; 15 Bounty Hunt in Rhodesia; 16 Profile of a Mercenary: American Professional Greg Lovett; 17 Taking Angola's Diamond Fields from the Rebels; 18 The Future Role of Mercenaries on the African Continent; 19 Profile of a Mercenary: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis; 20 Freelance Pilots Fly Chopper Support Missions in Afghanistan |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816454803321 |
Venter Al J.
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Mobilization constraints and military privitization : the political cost-effectiveness of outsourcing security / / Eugenio Cusumano |
Autore | Cusumano Eugenio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.47 |
Soggetto topico |
Private military companies
Private security services - United States |
ISBN |
9783031164231
9783031164224 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910634039503321 |
Cusumano Eugenio
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Multilevel regulation of military and security contractors : the interplay between international, European and domestic norms / / edited by Christine Bakker and Mirko Sossai |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (664 p.) |
Disciplina | 341.67 |
Collana | Studies in international law |
Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - Europe
Defense contracts Humanitarian law Private military companies (International law) Private military companies - Europe Private military companies Private security services - Europe Private security services |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4725-6586-X
1-281-06615-X 9786613774057 1-84731-899-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Christine Bakker and Mirko Sossai -- Regulatory initiatives at the international level / Nigel D. White -- The regulatory context of private military and security contractors at the EU level / Guido den Dekker -- The European Union and private military and security contractors : existing controls and legal bases for further regulation / Marco Gestri -- The role of EU external relations in ensuring compliance with human rights and humanitarian law by private contractors / Mirko Sossai and Christine Bakker -- A comparative overview of European and extra-European national regulation of private military and security services / Ottavio Quirico -- The Baltic States / Ieva Miluna -- Belgium / Axelle Reiter -- Czech Republic / Petra Ochmannova -- France / Vanessa Capdevielle and Hamza Cherief -- Germany / Ralf Evertz -- Italy / Andrea Atteritano -- The Netherlands / Guido den Dekker -- Spain / Joana Abrisketa -- Sweden / Andreas Bergman -- The United Kingdom / Alexandra Bohm, Kerry Senior and Adam White -- United States : law and policy governing private military contractors after 9/11 / Kristine Huskey and Scott Sullivan -- Canada : beyond the law? : the regulation of private military and security companies operating abroad / David Antonyshyn, Jan Grofe and Don Hubert -- Colombia : regulating private military and security companies in a "host state" / Irene Cabrera and Antoine Perret -- Israel : going private : the use and regulation of private military and security companies in situations of armed conflict / Yaël Ronen -- Russian Federation : regulatory tools regarding private entities performing military and security services / Signe Zaharova -- South Africa : the regulatory context of private military and security services / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Australia : regulating private military and security companies / Tim McCormack and Rain Liivoja -- Jurisdictional competence and applicable criminal law with regard to private military and security companies / Ieva Miluna -- Military criminal justice and jurisdiction over civilians : the first lessons from Strasbourg / Stefano Manacorda and Triestino Mariniello -- The regulation of private military and security companies : tax aspects / Giuseppe Melis and Alessio Persiani. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452643903321 |
Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2012 | ||
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Multilevel regulation of military and security contractors : the interplay between international, European and domestic norms / / edited by Christine Bakker and Mirko Sossai |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (664 p.) |
Disciplina | 341.67 |
Collana | Studies in international law |
Soggetto topico |
Defense contracts - Europe
Defense contracts Humanitarian law Private military companies (International law) Private military companies - Europe Private military companies Private security services - Europe Private security services |
ISBN |
1-4725-6586-X
1-281-06615-X 9786613774057 1-84731-899-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Introduction / Christine Bakker and Mirko Sossai -- Regulatory initiatives at the international level / Nigel D. White -- The regulatory context of private military and security contractors at the EU level / Guido den Dekker -- The European Union and private military and security contractors : existing controls and legal bases for further regulation / Marco Gestri -- The role of EU external relations in ensuring compliance with human rights and humanitarian law by private contractors / Mirko Sossai and Christine Bakker -- A comparative overview of European and extra-European national regulation of private military and security services / Ottavio Quirico -- The Baltic States / Ieva Miluna -- Belgium / Axelle Reiter -- Czech Republic / Petra Ochmannova -- France / Vanessa Capdevielle and Hamza Cherief -- Germany / Ralf Evertz -- Italy / Andrea Atteritano -- The Netherlands / Guido den Dekker -- Spain / Joana Abrisketa -- Sweden / Andreas Bergman -- The United Kingdom / Alexandra Bohm, Kerry Senior and Adam White -- United States : law and policy governing private military contractors after 9/11 / Kristine Huskey and Scott Sullivan -- Canada : beyond the law? : the regulation of private military and security companies operating abroad / David Antonyshyn, Jan Grofe and Don Hubert -- Colombia : regulating private military and security companies in a "host state" / Irene Cabrera and Antoine Perret -- Israel : going private : the use and regulation of private military and security companies in situations of armed conflict / Yaël Ronen -- Russian Federation : regulatory tools regarding private entities performing military and security services / Signe Zaharova -- South Africa : the regulatory context of private military and security services / Faustin Z. Ntoubandi -- Australia : regulating private military and security companies / Tim McCormack and Rain Liivoja -- Jurisdictional competence and applicable criminal law with regard to private military and security companies / Ieva Miluna -- Military criminal justice and jurisdiction over civilians : the first lessons from Strasbourg / Stefano Manacorda and Triestino Mariniello -- The regulation of private military and security companies : tax aspects / Giuseppe Melis and Alessio Persiani. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779495003321 |
Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2012 | ||
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