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Title:

Mercenaries, pirates, bandits and empires : private violence in historical context / edited by Alejandro Col©Łs and Bryan Mabee.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

x, 244 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Violence--History.
Political violence--History.
Non-state actors (International relations)
Piracy--History.
Mercenary troops--History.
Imperialism
Private military companies.
Private security services

Other Authors:

Col©Łs, Alejandro.
Mabee, Bryan.

Notes:

"The following book had its origins in a workshop entitled 'Pirates, Bandits, Mercenaries and Terrorists: Privatised Violence in Historical Context', held at Queen Mary, University of London on 23 May, 2008"--Introd. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : private violence in historical context / Alejandro Col©Łs and Bryan Mabee -- Distinctions, distinctions : public and private force? / Patricia Owens -- State and armed force in international context / Tarak Barkawi -- Privateers of the North sea at worlds end : French privateers in Norwegian waters / Benjamin de Carvalho and Halvard Leira -- The flow and ebb of private seaborne violence in global politics : lessons from the Atlantic world, 1689-1815 / Alejandro Col©Łs and Bryan Mabee -- Violent undertows : smuggling as dissent in nineteenth-century Southeast Asia / Eric Tagliacozzo -- Tribes and warlords in southern Afghanistan, 1980-2005 / Antonio Giustozzi and Noor Ullah -- The criminal-state symbiosis and the Yugoslav wars of succession / Kenneth Morrison -- Private security companies in the Malacca Straits : mapping new patterns of security governance / Patrick Cullen -- Securing the city : private security companies and non-state authority in global governance / Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams.

ISBN:

0231702086 (alk. paper)
9780231702089 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)650019916

LCCN:

2010029997

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)