Contracting a Counterinsurgency? Implications for US Policy in Iraq and Beyond

De los mercenarios antiguos a los guerreros corporativos: un enfoque histórico

“…For some authors as Spearin (2007), these companies can help states in solving low intensity conflicts, where engaging military forces lacks the support of the public opinion. This perspective points at a benefit of the State, by the assumption of a more effective foreign and security policy while the political costs of intervention are reduced.…”