TY - BOOK AU - Cilliers,Jakkie AU - Mason,Peggy ED - Institute for Security Studies (South Africa) TI - Peace, profit or plunder?: the privatisation of security in war-torn African societies SN - 0620238348 AV - UA855 .P31 PY - 1999/// CY - Halfway House PB - Institute for Security Studies KW - Mercenary troops KW - Africa KW - Congresses KW - Private security services KW - National security KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - fast N1 - "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 UR - http://www.issafrica.org/publications/books/01-jan-1999-peace-profit-or-plunder-the-privatisation-of-security-in-war-torn-african-societies-j-cilliers-p-mason-eds ER -