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Privatising peacea corporate adjunct to United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Privatising peaceMalcolm Hugh Patterson.
Reminder of title:	a corporate adjunct to United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations /
Author:	Patterson, Malcolm Hugh,
Published:	Basingstoke, U.K. ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
Description:	xiv, 260 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Subject:	Mercenary troops.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230246881

Privatising peacea corporate adjunct to United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations /
Patterson, Malcolm Hugh,1959-

Privatising peacea corporate adjunct to United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian operations /[electronic resource] :Malcolm Hugh Patterson. - Basingstoke, U.K. ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - xiv, 260 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-252) and index.

Introduction -- Alternatives to ad hoc sovereign forces -- From mercenary to UN contractor? -- The public-private security environment -- Other industry aspects -- A modest proposal -- Conclusion.

The history of United Nations peacekeeping is largely one of failure. The causes are endemic,persistent and unlikely to be remedied. It seems reasonable to consider two ideas in response: whether ad hoc peacekeepers might be augmented or even replaced by competent contract labour; and whether well-trained contractors might in future subdue by force those who inflict gross human rights abuses on others. Alternatives to ad hoc forces are not new. Nevertheless, theoretical or practical substitutes have not been evaluated alongside the merits of a private corporation. Military contractors are frequently misrepresented as an affrontto states' authority. This is misleading. There has neverbeen a cleardivide between public and private resources in armed conflict and states have always employed both. There exists no compelling reason why theUN should not devise modern contracts that evolve from historically ubiquitous arrangements amongst its members and their more ancient predecessors.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230246881

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230246881doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

320402
Mercenary troops.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JZ6374 / .P36 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 341.5/84

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