Marque and Reprisal : the spheres of public and private warfare / Kenneth B. Moss.
Marque and Reprisal : the spheres of public and private warfare / Kenneth B. Moss.
Marque and Reprisal : the spheres of public and private warfare / Kenneth B. Moss.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2020/1800
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 452 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Defining the spheres of war -- Private war : who are the participants? -- Private and public war in the Atlantic World and beyond -- Defining the balance in a revolution and the Constitution -- The return and retreat of private force for profit -- The privatization of war. -- Conclusion: The return...
Publication information
Publisher
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Place of Publication
Kansas
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"Letters of marque" might suggest privateers of the Elizabethan era or the American Revolution. But such conventions are duly covered in the US Constitution, and the private military instruments they sanction are very much at work today in the form of mercenaries and military contractors. A history of such practices up to the present day, Marque an...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Marque and Reprisal : the spheres of public and private warfare / Kenneth B. Moss.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2020/1800
Record Identifier
74VKaDED0rdM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDED0rdM
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780700627752
DDC
343.015354
MMS ID
991024298714802626
