Internationalizing and Privatizing War and Peace: The Bumpy Ride to Peace Building

Wulf, H.

In this timely work, the author analyzes the use of private military firms and international interventions of the military. Outsourcing to the private sector takes missions away from the military, but the shift towards international intervention adds new, wider functions to the traditional role of defence. If these two trends continue at the present pace, important security functions will be out of control of parliaments, national governments and international authorities. The state monopoly of violence - an achievement of civilization - is at stake.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-08-05

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403949172

DOI: 10.1057/9780230514812

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 263