1st Edition

Corporate Soldiers and International Security The Rise of Private Military Companies

By Christopher Kinsey Copyright 2006
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book traces the history of private military companies, with a special focus on UK private forces. Christopher Kinsey examines the mercenary companies that filled the ranks of many European armies right up to the 1850s, the organizations that operated in Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s, the rise of legally established private military companies in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and... Read more

Introduction  1. Historical Overview of the Marginalization of Legitimate Nonstate Violence  2. The Evolution of Private Violence as an Instrument of Foreign Policy  3. Tensions Exposed in the Arms to Sierra Leone Affair  4. A Typology of Private Military Organisations  5. The Privatisation of Warfare and the Emergence of PMCs  6. The Role of PMCs in a Changing Global Environment  7. Regulation and Control: the Legislative Dimension  8. Regulation and Control: the Role of Military Values in Managing the Practices of PMCs.  Conclusion

Biography

Christopher Kinsey is a lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London. His research examines the impact of private security in international politics. He has published articles on the regulation and control of PSCs and on their organisational structure.