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Today, mercenaries are back. Indeed, one of the most interesting contemporary developments is the extent to which governments have begun to contract out war to private companies. The postmodern condottieri are no longer the lawless guns for hire of the 1960s. Leaders of a previous era like Mike Hoare and Bob Denard have been phased out in favour of new corporate identities which are a logical extension of globalization. ‘Privatized peace-keepers’ is the way that one executive from the most efficient company of all, Executive Outcomes, described his employees.
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Coker, C. (2001). Outsourcing War. In: Josselin, D., Wallace, W. (eds) Non-state Actors in World Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403900906_11
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