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02451aam a22003498i 4500 001 13B6715A933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231205010040 008 230527s2023 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023014846 020 $a 1538170310 020 $a 9781538170311 035 $a (OCoLC)1373832206 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d IVJ $d UAP $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a UB148 A73 2023 100 1 $a Arduino, Alessandro, $e author. 245 10 $a Money for mayhem : $b mercenaries, private military companies, drones, and the future of war / $c Alessandro Arduino. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2023] 300 $a 302 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "War is no longer waged only by national militaries. We are seeing a shift to a new anarchy where might makes right, but with new tools: private intelligence outfits, rent-an-army soldiers, and cyber mercenaries for hire. These groups profit from chaos and uncertainty, while accountability, transparency, and peace seem harder than ever to achieve"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Private armies -- From Russia with love : mercenaries fit the bill -- Russian grey is the new black -- Mercenaries' Russian roulette -- Private security with Chinese characteristics : no more local guards, not yet wolf warriors -- Defending the Belt and Road Initiative from Africa to the Middle East -- How China sees its own private security sector -- The evolution of a new Chinese security actor -- Turkey's new Janissaries? -- Drone mercenaries : a new security paradigms from China, Russia, and Turkey -- Drone warfare : lesson learned? -- Drone casus belli -- Cyber mercenaries : from boots on the ground to the metaverse -- Two opposites : non-combatants contractors and jihadist mercenaries -- Mercenaries, PMSC and the future of warfare. 650 0 $a Mercenary troops. 650 0 $a Private military companies. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x History $y 21st century. 648 7 $a 2000-2099 $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Arduino, Alessandro. $t Money for mayhem $d Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] $z 9781538170328 $w (DLC) 2023014847 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240202030251.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13B6715A933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search