The emperor's leased clothes: Military contractors and their implications in combating international terrorism

International Politics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-264

  Spearin, Christopher ^a  

^a Canadian Forces College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counter terrorism; Military contractors; Monopolization on violence; Privatization of security

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SECURITY THREAT; STATE ROLE; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942724254     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800076     Document Type: Article

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