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Servants of War: Private Military Corporations and the Profit of Conflict Paperback - 2008

by Rolf Uesseler; Jefferson Chase (Translator)

Private military firms operate on all continents throughout the world--commissioned by governments, intelligence agencies, and private industries. Uesseler details the many ways in which employment of for-profit fighters compromises justice, jeopardizes international peace, and manages to escape public scrutiny.


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Private military firms are making a killing. They operate on all continents throughout the world--commissioned by governments, intelligence agencies, private industries, warlords, drug cartels, and rebel groups to support their military and safety interests. Here in the U.S., as the massively expensive war in Iraq shows no signs of ending, our forces grow more and more dependent on the assistance of military contractors. Beyond Iraq, engagements of mercenary firms in foreign countries are multiplying, whether to protect oil investments in the Nigerian delta or for humanitarian reasons in Darfur. In this far-reaching expos, Rolf Uesseler reveals how these mercenary firms profit from conflict: As they operate in a legal twilight zone, the private nature of their work frequently makes them legally impermeable and financially profitable. Uesseler details the many ways in which employment of for-profit fighters compromises justice, jeopardizes international peace and stability, and manages to escape public scrutiny, explaining exactly what happens when military operations are shielded from democratic processes, and when the concern for justice and security is overshadowed by the desire for financial gain.

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  • Title Servants of War: Private Military Corporations and the Profit of Conflict
  • Author Rolf Uesseler; Jefferson Chase (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 250
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Soft Skull, Brooklyn
  • Date 2008-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781593762025 / 159376202X
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.77 in (20.83 x 14.22 x 1.96 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Contracting out, Privatization
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008035783
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.354

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  • Foreword, 12/15/2008, Page 0

About the author

Rolf Uesseler was a German journalist and the author of Servants of War: Private Military Corporations and the Profit of Conflict. He died in 2012. Jefferson Chase is a writer and journalist based in Berlin. He has translated more than a dozen German texts into English, among them works by Thomas Mann, Wolfgang Schivelbusch and Go?tz Aly.
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