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Private military firms operate on all continents with crises throughout the world commissioned by governments, intelligence agencies, private industries, warlords, drug cartels, and rebel groups. Operating in a legal twilight zone, the private nature of contracts frequently makes them legally impermeable to third parties.
Meanwhile, military budgets in all of the West are under pressure, either by groups seeking the peace dividend or, as in the case of the US and UK, because they're fighting a massively expensive war, while at the same time interventions through military engagements in foreign countries are multiplying, whether to protect oil investments as in the Nigerian delta, or for humanitarian reasons as in Darfur.
These private firms profit at this juncture. Indeed they operate to exacerbate the problem, deploying weapons systems of such complexity that military leaders cannot operate without the help of expertise of private personnel. Even the National Security Agency and the FBI have outsourcing many critical functionalities.
In this far-reaching study, Rolf Uessler exposes the ways in which the employment of for-profit military organizations by governments compromises justice, jeopardizes international peace and stability, and escapes public scrutiny. The Servants of War reveals what happens when security and military operations are shielded from democratic processes and tied to profit, and the concern for justice and security is overshadowed by the desire for financial gain.
Meanwhile, military budgets in all of the West are under pressure, either by groups seeking the peace dividend or, as in the case of the US and UK, because they're fighting a massively expensive war, while at the same time interventions through military engagements in foreign countries are multiplying, whether to protect oil investments as in the Nigerian delta, or for humanitarian reasons as in Darfur.
These private firms profit at this juncture. Indeed they operate to exacerbate the problem, deploying weapons systems of such complexity that military leaders cannot operate without the help of expertise of private personnel. Even the National Security Agency and the FBI have outsourcing many critical functionalities.
In this far-reaching study, Rolf Uessler exposes the ways in which the employment of for-profit military organizations by governments compromises justice, jeopardizes international peace and stability, and escapes public scrutiny. The Servants of War reveals what happens when security and military operations are shielded from democratic processes and tied to profit, and the concern for justice and security is overshadowed by the desire for financial gain.
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