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Abu Ghraib prison,
15
Academi.
See
Blackwater
Academy for Educational Development (AED),
97
Adolphus, Gustavus,
34
Aegis Defence Services,
39
Affreux, Les (“The Frightfuls”),
37
Afghanistan: al-Qaida and al-Shabaab in,
135
basic training by US in,
114
citizenship of PMCs employees in,
24
,
25
Civilian Response Corps in,
97
community policing in,
147
fatalities of contractors in,
20
,
21
f
neomedieval warfare and,
94
PMCs in,
9
,
15
,
19
,
23
,
25
,
46
,
55
,
97
–
98
,
149
,
150
–
51
,
156
–
58
police force background checks,
111
private armies vs. public forces of,
53
security needs of the US in,
12
spies in,
56
US combat operations in,
96
US political debate and,
55
warlords in,
83
Afghanistan Navin,
157
Afghan National Army,
14
Afghan National Police,
14
AFL (Armed Forces of Liberia).
See
Liberia, case study
Africa: drug transshipments in,
83
Europe and,
67
Italy and,
67
new market for force in,
154
–
55
South American cartels in,
83
WatchGuard International in,
36
African Union,
135
Africa Oil,
142
Agenda for Peace, An
(UN),
133
Alabacora Quatro
(fishing vessel),
138
al-Awlaki, Anwar,
136
Al-Bashir, Omar,
78
Alexander the Great,
28
al-Maliki, Nuri,
23
al-Qaida: affiliates,
84
al-Shabaab and,
135
Internet and,
76
neomedieval agenda,
82
September 11, 2001 attacks,
68
–
69
threat posed by,
70
al-Sadr, Muqtada,
62
al-Shabaab (Movement of Warrior Youth),
82
,
94
,
134
–
35
,
145
al-Zawahiri, Ayman,
135
Amalric, Arnaud,
91
American Revolutionary War,
34
,
46
Anarchical Society, The
(Bull),
74
Antares World,
138
Arab Charter on Human Rights,
87
Arab Spring,
76
Argus Security Projects,
154
ARINC,
155
Arkan gang,
83
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL).
See
Liberia, case study
Armed Maritime Security,
82
Armstrong, Stephen,
9
Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP),
118
ARTEP (Army Training and Evaluation Program),
118
Art of War, The
(Machiavelli),
52
Asia,
67
,
83
,
See also Specific countries
Asil Khan,
157
Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
77
Augustus Caesar,
47
Australia, TCNs from,
25
Austria,
32
Bancroft Global Development,
141
Bangkok Declaration of Human Rights,
87
Bank of America,
81
Barlow, Eeben,
38
basic training,
113
–
14
,
114
f
,
124
f
battles.
See Location of battle
BBC,
135
Belarus,
53
Belgium,
142
Benedict XII (pope),
79
Berkeley,
41
Berlin Conference of 1884–85,
67
Berlin Wall,
69
Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy (BMP4),
138
Bishop of Ely,
83
Black, Cofer,
56
Black Diamond,
116
Black Hawk Down
,
94
Blackwater: change of company name,
10
civilians killed by personnel of,
23
,
53
,
59
,
62
–
63
functional areas and typical tasks of,
16
t
as military enterpriser,
40
Nisour Square,
23
,
53
,
59
,
62
–
63
,
65
,
97
Total Intelligence Solutions and,
56
Blackwater
(Scahill),
9
Blaney, John W.,
102
Bodyguard Services,
154
Bonino, Emma,
78
Borgia, Cesare,
98
Bosnia,
95
Bougainville Island,
39
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros,
70
Brazil, conscription in,
98
Breitenfeld, Battle of,
29
British Association of Private Security Companies,
8
British Special Air Services (SAS),
36
–
37
Buckingham, Anthony,
39
Bush, George H. W.,
133
Byzantine emperors,
28
,
52
,
115
–
16
CACI,
15
Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam,
87
CARE,
80
CARITAS,
80
Carson, Johnnie,
141
Castro, Fidel,
82
Catherine of Siena, Saint,
26
,
45
CBO (Congressional Budget Office),
9
,
24
,
46
Central African Republic,
53
Central America,
83
Chad,
53
Chan, Julius,
39
Charles II (king),
33
Charles VII (king),
32
Chaucer, Geoffrey,
26
Chevron,
82
Chicago school of economics,
41
–
42
China: economic competition in,
67
mercenaries in,
37
Rome Statute and,
78
sacred and temporal authorities disputes in,
86
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency),
56
Citigroup,
81
citizenship of PMCs employees,
24
–
25
city-states use of mercenaries,
29
civilian casualties: drones and,
45
in Liberia,
104
civilians vs. combatants,
93
,
95
,
103
Clarridge, Duane,
56
Clausewitz, Carl von,
45
,
65
,
92
,
93
,
94
Coase, Ronald,
41
codependency between the US and PMCs,
xiv
,
19
–
25
,
20
f
,
21
f
,
23
f
,
96
–
97
COIN.
See
counterinsurgency
Cold War: changed warfare method for the,
68
end of the,
69
privatization beginning during the,
41
Somalia and the,
133
Colombia,
44
combatants: humanizing war for,
44
vs. civilian in neomedieval warfare,
93
,
95
,
103
Commission on Wartime Contracting,
22
commodification of conflict.
See
market for force; private military companies (PMCs)
Comoros Islands,
37
Company of the Hat,
26
Company of the Star,
26
Compass Security,
158
Concordat of Worms (1122),
86
conflict, commodification of,
18
Congo Crisis of 1960–1968,
37
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
53
,
70
,
94
,
99
,
159
Congressional Budget Office (CBO),
9
,
24
,
46
Congressional Research Service,
9
,
122
,
153
conspiracy theories regarding PMCs,
9
–
10
Constitution of Liberty, The
(Hayek),
42
contracting officer’s technical representatives (COTRs),
58
,
120
–
21
contracts: Blackwater,
53
DOD obligations,
19
honoring,
52
for Liberian armed forces,
107
–
10
,
169
–
83
notice to proceed,
108
statement of work (SOW),
108
,
110
time and materials,
24
contract warfare: for all domains of war,
156
enforcement and,
59
independent mercenaries and,
28
in the Middle Ages,
28
,
40
,
51
,
63
private armies and,
95
–
98
,
See also
market for force trends
Corporate Warriors
(Singer),
11
,
12
Coterels family,
83
COTRs (contracting officer’s technical representatives),
58
,
120
–
21
Council of Constance,
77
counterinsurgency,
23
,
36
,
38
,
54
,
62
,
155
,
157
Crimean War,
35
criminal organizations, international,
83
Cromwell, Oliver,
33
cyber-warfare,
xiii
,
16
t
,
156
,
167
Czechoslovakia,
84