Mercenaries

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Mercenaries is written by Abdel-Fatau Musah and published by Pluto Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1849640394 (ISBN 10) and 9781849640398 (ISBN 13).

This powerful book critiques mercenary involvement in post-Cold War African conflicts. The contributors investigate the links between the rise in internal conflicts and the proliferation of mercenary activities in the 1990s; the distinction in the methods adopted by Cold War mercenaries and their contemporary counterparts; the convoluted network between private armies; business interests and sustained poverty in Africa’s poorest countries; and the connection between mercenary activities and arms proliferation. Countries discussed include Sierra Leone, Zaire, Angola, Uganda and Congo.