Mercenaries: A Guide to Private Armies and Private Military Companies provides a comprehensive survey and guide to the mercenary forces, entrepreneurs, and corporations that are a major component of warfare today.

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Preface
• Part I: Roots and Precedents
• Introduction
• 1 The Ancient World (15th c. BCE–ca. 476)
• 2 The Middle Ages (988–1453)
• 3 Feudal Japan and the Ottoman Empire (15th c.–1826)
• 4 Swiss Export Armies, German Landsknechts, and the Wild Geese of Ireland (1315–1918)
• 5 Colonial Control: Hessians and Gurkhas (1775–1947)
• 6 State-Sanctioned Piracy: Corsairs and Privateers (1049–1865)
• 7 The Filibusters (19th c.)
• Part II: Soldiers of Fortune
• Introduction
• 8 The Legendary Legion (1831–Present)
• 9 Mercenaries of the Air (1861–Present)
• 10 Mercenaries in the Vietnam Wars (1883–1975)
• 11 Mercenary Marketplace: Africa (1960–1990s)
• Part III: The Modern Privatized Military Industry
• Introduction
• 12 Mercenary, Inc.: Warfare Corporatized
• 13 Executive Outcomes: Operational Provider
• 14 Sandline International: Operational Provider
• 15 Blackwater/Xe/Academi: Operational Provider
• 16 Other Operational Provider Firms
• 17 Engility (Formerly MPRI and L-3 MPRI): Consulting Provider
• 18 Other Consulting Provider Firms
• 19 Halliburton/BRS/KBR: Logistical Provider
• 20 Other Logistical Provider Firms
• 21 AirScan: Intelligence Provider
• 22 Other Intelligence Provider Firms
• 23 ArmorGroup/G4S: Security and Antiterror Provider
• 24 Other Security and Antiterror Provider Firms
• Bibliography