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Peace, profit or plunder? : the privitisation of security in war-torn African societies / Jakkie Cilliers and Peggy Mason (eds.).

Title
Peace, profit or plunder? : the privitisation of security in war-torn African societies / Jakkie Cilliers and Peggy Mason (eds.).
Publication
South Africa : Institute for Security Studies, c1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Cilliers, Jakkie
  • Mason, Peggy.
  • Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
Description
245 p. : maps; 25 cm.
Alternative Title
Privatisation of security in war-torn African societies
Subject
  • Private security services > Africa
  • Mercenary troops > Africa
  • Police, Private > Africa
  • Mercenary troops > Africa > Congresses
  • Private security services > Africa > Congresses
  • National security > Africa > Congresses
  • Africa > Defenses > Congresses
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • Papers first presented at a conference entitled Profit and Plunder: The Privatisation of War and Security in Africa, during March of 1998 in Pretoria, South Africa.
  • "The conference and this book have been collaborative projects between the Institute for Security Studies based in Pretoria, South Africa and the Canadian Council for International Peace and Security in Ottawa, Canada"--Pref.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Private security in war-torn African states / Jakkie Cilliers --Africa, military downsizing and the growth in the security industry / Peter Lock -- The crisis in external response / Mark Malan -- The collapse of the African state / Richard Cornwell -- Executive outcomes: a corporate conquest / Khareen Pech -- The military as business: Military Professional Resources, Incorporated / Jakkie Cilliers and Ian Douglas --
  • Gurkhas and the private security business in Africa / Alex Vines -- Angola: a case study of private military involvement / Sean Cleary --Fighting for diamonds: private military companies in Sierra Leone / Ian Douglas -- Private security and international law / Yves Sandoz -- Africa: from the privatisation of security to the privatisation of war? / Jakkie Cilliers and Richard Cornwell.
ISBN
0620238348
OCLC
  • 45610279
  • SCSB-11652176
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library