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Title
Gangs, pseudo-militaries, and other modern mercenaries
Type
Text
Monograph
Subject
Gangs--Latin America (LCSH)
Gangs--Europe, Western (LCSH)
Asymmetric warfare--Latin America (LCSH)
Asymmetric warfare--Europe, Western (LCSH)
Mercenary troops--Latin America (LCSH)
Mercenary troops--Europe, Western (LCSH)
Counterinsurgency (LCSH)
Political stability (LCSH)
Sovereignty (LCSH)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
Latin America
Europe, Western
Classification
LCC: HV6439.L29 M36 2010
DDC: 322.4/2 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Table Of Contents
Where Lenin leads : beginning lessons for the wars in our midst
The Argentine piqueteros : "rent-a-mobs" or agents for radical political change?
From the barrel of a gun and deep pockets : the gang role in coercing political change in Colombia
Hugo Chavez's use of popular militias and other instruments of power : achieving a populist antidemocratic and antisystem agenda
Defensive jihad in Western Europe : al Qaeda's elevation of nonstate irregular asymmetric warfare onto the global arena
The neighbors down the road and across the river : the Mexican Zetas and other private armies that do nasty things and "go bump in the night"
Some final thoughts : toward a new paradigm for irregular wars among the people.
Authorized Access Point
Manwaring, Max G. Gangs, pseudo-militaries, and other modern mercenaries