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Czech Republic,
64

d’Albarno, Montreal,
54

d’Alviano, Bartolomeo,
98

Dante,
84

Darfur,
80

Day of the Rangers
(Power),
94

95

DC Five,
76

D-Company,
83

Declaration of Indigenous Rights
,
87

Defense Science Board Task Force,
96

Delta Force,
94

de’ Medici, Giovanni,
50
,
63

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
See
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Denard, Bob,
37

Dictatus Papae
,
86

DOD.
See
United States Department of Defense (DOD)

Dogs of War, The
(1980),
37

Dominic, Saint,
91

draft, PMCs instead of a,
25
,
55

DRC.
See
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

drones,
45
,
156
,
167

drug cartels/wars,
83
,
93
,
94

Dubai, PMCs in,
24
,
150

DynCorp International: Afghan police training by,
14
,
97

functional areas and typical tasks of,
16
t
,
17
t
,
18

Karzai protected by,
15

in Latin America,
155

nationality of employees,
4
,
150
,
See also
Liberia, case study

East Asia, WatchGuard International in,
36

East Asian recession of 1997,
76

East India Company,
35
,
47
,
52

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
105

Ecuador,
24

25

Edward III (king),
26
,
83

Egypt,
28

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
97

End of History and the Last Man, The
(Fukuyama),
69

England,
33
,
46
,
83
,
86

Equatorial Guinea,
39

Erinys,
80

ESPADA Marine Services,
138

Ethiopia,
132
,
135
,
145
,
146

Europe: empires of,
67

68

Great Schism and,
77

investiture controversy,
85

86

and neomedievalism,
74

13th to 17th century mercenaries in,
28

32
,
53

54
,
55
,
See also Specific countries

European Court of Human Rights,
78

European Union,
78
,
154

Executive Outcomes: functional areas and typical tasks of,
16
t
; helicopters flown by,
48

leading client forces,
119

in as mercenary company,
14
,
15

organized as multinational corporation,
40

Rwandan genocide and,
38

39
,
155

Saracen International and,
140

in Sierra Leone,
59

extortion,
54

ExxonMobil,
81
,
82

Farrow, Mia,
2

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), Blackwater investigation by the,
62

Ferdinand II (emperor),
30
,
31

Ferdinand III (emperor),
32

Fiji,
24

25

Firestone Natural Rubber Company,
106

Fitzgerald, Mark,
143

44

Florence,
54
,
96

Flying Tigers,
36

Folvilles family,
83

Forsyth, Frederick,
37

Fort Hood, Texas,
136

France: Algeria and,
67

army in 1600s,
32

33
,
33

34

Battle of Bicocca,
50

51

Béziers massacre,
90

91

Hundred Years War,
28

investiture controversy in,
86

mercenaries used by,
46

PMCs,
154

soldiers in 1400s,
32

vessel protection detachments of,
142

WW II and,
67

68

Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg,
31
,
34

Freedom of Information Act,
8

free markets, faith in,
41

43

French Foreign Legion,
12

Friedman, Milton,
41

Froissart, Jean,
26

Fukuyama, Francis,
69

Furlong, Michael D.,
56

G4S,
4
,
82

Gabon,
37

Gansler, Jacques,
20

Gansler report,
20
,
58
,
120
,
163

GAO (Government Accountability Office),
9

Gates, Bob,
22

GDP of the world,
76

Geer, Louis de,
102

Genel Energy,
142

general contractors,
15
,
17
t

Generalkriegskommissariat,
34

Geneva Conventions/Protocols: First,
35

on mercenaries,
37

38

neomedieval actors and the,
93

on prisoner of war status,
68

genocides: in Darfur,
2

3
,
3

4
,
80
,
94
,
119

ICC and,
77

medieval vs. modern,
91

PMCs’ rapid response and,
164

in Rwanda,
xi
,
38
,
94

95
,
155
,
164

GEOS Group,
154

Germany,
34

35
,
64
,
67
,
98

Ghana,
24

25

global GDP,
76

globalization: economic boom due to,
42

Liberia’s recovery and,
106

7

Middle Ages,
75

76

multinational companies and,
81

82

neomedievalism and,
76
,
81

PMCs increased,
151

56

Somalia and,
135

36

terrorism and,
135

36

Global Risk Strategies,
80

Global West Vessel Special Nigeria,
154

55

Global X,
154

GOAL,
80

Golden Crescent,
83

Goldwater-Nichols Act,
117

Gore, Al,
43

Gortney, Bill,
143

Government Accountability Office (GAO),
9

Grace, J. Peter,
42

Great Britain,
34
,
35

Great Company,
54

Great Schism,
77

Gregory VII (pope),
86

Gregory XI (pope),
26
,
59

Greystone,
2

gross domestic product (GDP) of the world,
76

Gross, Leo,
69

Guicciardini, Francesco,
51

Guinea,
39
,
53
,
155

Guinea-Bissau,
83
,
105

Gulf of Aden,
136

37
,
138
,
139
f
,
140
,
142

Gulf of Guinea,
82
,
145
,
155

Gustavus Adolphus (king),
29

Guzmán, Dominic,
91

Habsburg empire,
67

Haditha, Iraq,
61

62
,
65

Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907),
35
,
36

Haiti,
44
,
70
,
84

Hamilton, Alexander,
48

Hammes, T. X.,
48

Hanif Atmar,
149

Hannibal,
27

28

Harclerode, H.M.P.D.,
36

Hart Security,
80
,
137

38
,
143

Harvard,
41

Hasan, Nidal Malik,
136

Hawkwood, John,
26

27
,
52
,
53

Hayek, Friedrich,
41
,
42

Hegel, Georg,
69

Henry II (king),
47

Henry I (king),
86

Henry IV (king),
86

Herzegovina,
95

Hezbollah,
84

Higgins, Rosalyn,
78

HIV/AIDS,
82

Hoare, Mike,
37

Ho Chi Minh,
82

Holder, Eric,
136

Holy Roman Emperor/Empire,
29
,
46
,
63
,
85

86

human rights: humanizing war,
44

45

ICC and,
78

in Liberia,
105

NGOs and,
80

R2P,
78

Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
78

vetting of police and military recruits,
111

13
,
112
f
,
115

Human Rights First,
45
,
62

human rights regime,
86

88

Hundred Years War,
28

Hussein, Saddam,
69

Hu Xiangyun,
154

ICC (International Criminal Court),
77

78
,
80
,
87

ICJ (International Court of Justice),
68
,
78

IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts),
107

8

illicit groups,
79
,
82

83

IMF (International Monetary Fund),
42

indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts (IDIQ),
107

8

India,
24

25
,
35
,
42
,
85

Indian Ocean,
142

indigenous peoples,
85
,
87

Indonesia,
70
,
82

Inferno
(Dante),
84

Innocent III (pope),
90

91

Innocent II (pope),
72

Innocent X (pope),
67

innovation for success,
111

14
,
112
f
,
114
f

International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers,
162

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
10
,
161

International Court of Justice (ICJ),
68
,
78

International Criminal Court (ICC),
77

78
,
80
,
87

international criminal organizations,
83

International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL),
77

International Crisis Group,
111
,
121
,
123
,
145

international law: Admiralty/maritime,
143
,
144
,
164

ICC and,
77

78

regarding PMCs,
161

62
,
See also
Westphalian order

International Maritime Bureau,
145

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
42

International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO),
144

international relations: Middle Ages and,
73

74

multinational companies and,
81

82

regional integration of states,
77

78

sacred and temporal authorities disputes,
85

86

twenty-first century,
168

Westphalian order and,
66

71

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),
97

98

International Stability Operations Association (ISOA),
8
,
10
,
52
,
160

Internet and terrorism,
76
,
135

36

INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization),
77

investiture controversy,
85

86

Iran,
87
,
98

Iraq: al-Qaida and,
68

69
,
70

basic training by US in,
114

citizenship of PMCs employees in,
25

civilian killing by Blackwater personnel in,
23
,
53
,
62

63
,
65
,
97

civilian killing by marines in,
61

62
,
65

Congress and,
22
,
57

contractor costs in,
24

contractor fatalities in,
20

cost effectiveness of PMCs in,
46

47

nation building in,
146
,
147

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