Overview: Offers the first comprehensive treatment of PMSC presence in the land, sea, and air settings.Provides an interdisciplinary approach employing international relations theory, sociology, security studieThis book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea power, and air power. Whereas the mercenaries, privateers, and chartered companies of years past held similar characteristics to state military forces, the PMSCs of today are dissimilar for two r
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