Peace, profit or plunder? : the privatisation of security in war-torn African societies / Jakkie Cilliers and Peggy Mason, eds.
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TextPublication details: Halfway House : Institute for Security Studies, 1999.Description: 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: - 0620238348
- 9780620238342
- UA855 .P31
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"Papers ... were first presented at a conference in Pretoria, South Africa during March 1998"--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references.
Private security in war-torn African states / Jakkie Cilliers --Africa, military downsizing and the growth in the security industry / Peter Lock -- The crisis in external response / Mark Malan -- The collapse of the African state / Richard Cornwell -- Executive outcomes: a corporate conquest / Khareen Pech -- The military as business: Military Professional Resources, Incorporated / Jakkie Cilliers and Ian Douglas.
Gurkhas and the private security business in Africa / Alex Vines -- Angola: a case study of private military involvement / Sean Cleary --Fighting for diamonds: private military companies in Sierra Leone / Ian Douglas -- Private security and international law / Yves Sandoz -- Africa: from the privatisation of security to the privatisation of war? / Jakkie Cilliers and Richard Cornwell.
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