Private Military and Security Companies and States - Force Divided

This book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea power, and air power. Whereas the mercenaries, privateers, and chartered companies of years past held similar characteristics to state military forces, the PMSCs of today are dissimilar for two reasons: a conventional forces norm amongst states and a state proclivity towards the offensive. These factors reveal both the limitations of and the possibilities for contemporary security privatization. This volume is ideal for civilian and military practitioners and students wishing to develop a detailed understanding of what the private military and security industry has to offer and why it is structured the way it is.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conventional Forces Norm.- Chapter 3: The Histroy of commercial non-state violent actors.- Chapter 4: Land Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 5: Sea Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 6: Air Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

About the author

Christopher Spearin is Associate Professor of Defence Studies at the Royal Military College of Canada/Canadian Forces College.

Summary

This book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea power, and air power. Whereas the mercenaries, privateers, and chartered companies of years past held similar characteristics to state military forces, the PMSCs of today are dissimilar for two reasons: a conventional forces norm amongst states and a state proclivity towards the offensive. These factors reveal both the limitations of and the possibilities for contemporary security privatization. This volume is ideal for civilian and military practitioners and students wishing to develop a detailed understanding of what the private military and security industry has to offer and why it is structured the way it is.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Spearin
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319855158
• ISBN: 978-3-31-985515-8
• No. of pages: 229
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 15 mm x 211 mm
• Weight: 323 g
• Illustrations: XII, 229 p.
• Series: New Security Challenges
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Internationale Beziehungen, B, International Relations, privatization, auseinandersetzen, Political Science and International Studies, International Security Studies, Security, International, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Conventional Forces, Private Military and Security Companies, PMSCs’ / ‘PMSC’, Private security, Security privatization’, Sea Power, State military forces, Land Power