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      The mercenary business: ‘executive outcomes’

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      Review of African Political Economy
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            Executive Outcomes is an army for hire. A sophisticated force, the ‘company’ will not work for rebel movements but contracts with ‘democratic’ governments. ‘Executive Outcomes is the small wave of the future in terms of defence and security, because the international community has abdicated that role’ (Barlow, 1997). Rather than being seen as mercenaries, they prefer the label of ‘corporate troubleshooters’, a niche which incorporates a huge unmet demand for security in Africa.

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            Review of African Political Economy
            Review of African Political Economy
            0305-6244
            1740-1720
            March 1997
            : 24
            : 71
            : 87-97
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            8704240 Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 24, No. 71, March 1997, pp. 87-97
            10.1080/03056249708704240
            12cc27f9-4e42-4b3d-9f6e-9c3c568b4bd7

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            Sociology,Economic development,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics,Africa

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