Author Archives: David Isenberg

Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State. By: Bilansky, Alan, Information & Culture, 21648034, 2018, Vol. 53, Issue 1 Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’

The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’. By: Fraser, Ben, Journal of Military Ethics, 15027570, Sep2013, Vol. 12, Issue 3 The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Contents… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong

Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong. By: DUGAN, KEVIN T., Rolling Stone, 0035791X, Jan2021, Issue 1347 Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong Full Text Listen Why did three… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987

Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987. By: Voß, Klaas, Cold War History, 14682745, Feb 2016, Vol. 16, Issue 1 Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq. 

Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq. By: Bjork, Kjell, Jones, Richard, Third World Quarterly, 01436597, Jun2005, Vol. 26, Issue 4/5 Overcoming… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies

From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies Author: Larsen, Karen Philippa Author Affiliation: U of Copenhagen Source: Post-Soviet Affairs, November 2023, v. 39, iss. 6, pp. 420-39 Publication Date:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Wagner Group After the Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin 

The Wagner Group After the Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin  Full Text Listen Firmer Kremlin control over the Wagner Group means its fighters are likely to focus more on deployments in Africa… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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CIA Front Companies Play Crucial Role in Arms Pipeline to Ukraine and Profit From the Human Misery it Generates

CIA Front Companies Play Crucial Role in Arms Pipeline to Ukraine and Profit From the Human Misery it Generates By CIAgate – April 1, 2024 [Source: ciagate.substack.com] [CIAGate is a new… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Thousands of Ugandans may sue over U.S. security work in Iraq, Afghanistan

Julius Karugaba Updated Feb 27, 2024, 11:56am EST africa Thousands of Ugandans may sue over U.S. security work in Iraq, Afghanistan Semafor/Joey Pfeifer In this article: The Scoop Know More Julius’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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SIPRI co-hosts roundtable on private military companies

SIPRI co-hosts roundtable on private military companies 26 February 2024 Screenshot from the roundtable on private military companies organized by SIPRI and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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