The new condottieri and US policy: the privatization of conflict and its implications

Examines evolution of the private military corporation, organized to provide often-specialized military expertise to its clients; historical state efforts to suppress violence, emergence of PMCs following end of the Cold War, their effectiveness, and advantages and disadvantages of their use by the...

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Published in:Parameters (Carlisle, Pa.) Pa.), 2003-01, Vol.32 (4), p.104-119
Main Author: Smith, Eugene B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Foreign relations
International security
Mercenary troops
Military history
Military policy
Military service as a profession
United States
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Summary:Examines evolution of the private military corporation, organized to provide often-specialized military expertise to its clients; historical state efforts to suppress violence, emergence of PMCs following end of the Cold War, their effectiveness, and advantages and disadvantages of their use by the US. Condottieri were mercenaries in Renaissance Italy.
ISSN:0031-1723