From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies

by SimonChesterman (Editor), Chia Lehnardt (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $219.86

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $50.34

  Mercenaries or the market's response to a security vacuum? Private military companies and the regulation of their activities have grown in importance. This book explores their use of potentially lethal force; how this has differed in Sierra Leone and Iraq; what rules currently constrain them; and what forces shape the development of this new market