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Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror

Paperback • 2007 • English

Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror

By Robert Young Pelton

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About the book

A revealing study of how private military contractors are transforming modern warfare assesses the role of the private sector in all aspects of the war against terror--from intelligence gathering and policy creation to actual combat and peacekeeping--discusses how such contractors are recruited, hired, and trained; and analyzes what this means in terms of the future of war. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

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9781400097821

Publisher

Three Rivers Press (CA)

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror

Format

Paperback

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