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Date Permissions Signed

5-11-2011

Date of Award

2011

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Political Science

First Advisor

Abedi, Amir, 1966-

Second Advisor

Biswas, Bidisha

Third Advisor

Johnson, Vernon Damani

Abstract

As a response to the proliferation of private military contractors (PMC's) operating in the global marketplace today, scholars have increased the range and scope of their studies on PMC's. Yet, to date there exists no body of literature that provides a comprehensive examination of how PMC's may potentially impact the outcome to a civil conflict. My essay establishes that PMC's may play very different roles within conflicts, which influence the outcome to a conflict, and does so by examining the cases of Military Professional Resources, Incorporated (MPRI) in the Balkans, Executive Outcomes (EO) in Angola and EO in Sierra Leone.

Type

Text

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/gz1r-rm34

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

729615823

Subjects – Names (LCNAF)

Executive Outcomes (Private Army)

Subject – LCSH

Military Professional Resources (Private Army); Private military companies--Balkan Peninsula--Case studies; Private military companies--Angola--Case studies; Private military companies--Sierra Leone--Case studies

Geographic Coverage

Balkan Peninsula; Angola; Sierra Leone

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

masters theses

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this thesis for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.

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