A real life version of the dogs of war in which a band of mercenaries plots to over throw a venal government of the newly oil-rich nation of Equatorial Guinea.
Equatorial Guinea is a tiny African country. Humid, jungle-covered, and rife with disease, even some of its own people call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, mass murder, billion-dollar corruption, and general rule by terror.…
Peace through profit motive? -- Understanding the private military industry -- A co-dependency problem -- How did we get here? -- Why private armies have returned -- The murky side of private force -- The modern world order: a brief history -- Neomedievalism -- Neomedieval warfa…
"In The Modern Mercenary, Sean McFate lays bare this opaque world, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. A former U.S. Army paratrooper and private military contractor, McFate provides an unparalleled perspective…
In The Modern Mercenary, Sean McFate lays bare this opaque world, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. A former U.S. Army paratrooper and private military contractor, McFate provides an unparalleled perspective …
It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide, without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only through McFate's employer, th…
"Americans at War in the Ottoman Empire examines the role of mercenary figures in negotiating relations between the United States and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Mercenaries are often treated as historical footnotes, yet their encounters with the Ottoman world …
"Americans at War in the Ottoman Empire examines the role of mercenary figures in negotiating relations between the United States and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Mercenaries are often treated as historical footnotes, yet their encounters with the Ottoman world …
Americans at War in the Ottoman Empire examines the role of mercenary figures in negotiating relations between the United States and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. Mercenaries are often treated as historical footnotes, yet their encounters with the Ottoman world c…
To pull off their latest mission, Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon must survive a devastating new weapon unleashed in thirteenth-century China ... a daring rescue in the snowbound mountains along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ... a woman gone missing in the jungles of north…
Mercenary for hire Cord Romero vows revenge after surviving a murder attempt and joins forces with his childhood friend Maggie Barton in his quest to bring down the multinational corporation that fronts a child labor ring, but when the case endangers Maggie's life, Cord must dec…