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EBOOK Mercenaries:The History of a Norm in International Relations
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191607530
EAN: C806171DEB
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Stron: 280
Data wydania: 2007
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The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has        been restricted by a norm against mercenary use. The book traces the evolution of        this norm, from mercenaries in medieval Europe through to private security companies        in modern day Iraq, telling a story about how the mercenaries of yesterday have        evolved into those of today in the process.The norm against mercenaries has two        components. First, mercenaries are considered to be immoral because they use force        outside legitimate, authoritative control. Second, mercenaries are considered to be        morally problematic because they fight wars for selfish, financial reasons as        opposed to fighting for some kind of larger conception of the common good.The book        examines four puzzles about mercenary use, and argues that they can only be        explained by understanding the norm against mercenaries. First, the book argues that        moral disapproval of mercenaries led to the disappearance of independent mercenaries        from medieval Europe. Second, the transition from armies composed of mercenaries to        citizen armies in the nineteenth century can only be understood with attention to        the norm against mercenaries. Third, it is impossible to understand whyinternational        law regarding mercenaries, created in the 1970s and 1980s, is so ineffective without        understanding the norm. Finally, the disappearance of companies like Executive        Outcomes and Sandline and the development of today's private security industry        cannot be understood without the norm.This book is a project of the Oxford        Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

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