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For those who enjoyed this, Eeben Barlow (one of the first South Africans who eventually formed Executive Outcomes, one of the most famous PMCs) had written a book also titled Executive Outcomes that was long out of print but is now available for download on Kindle. It's about 300 pages too long but is a really fascinating look at his side of the story and is damning for international groups who responded to crises across Africa but did little (read UN intervention in Sierra Leone) or were outright harmful.


For a book pointing more forward, than looking back, I recommend "The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order" by Shawn McFate.

Could probably use an update post Afghanistan / Syria etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Mercenary-Private-Armies-World...


I also really enjoyed that one - if you liked it I recommend Brose's Kill Chain and Helberg's Wires of War


It's a shame for that price digitally. Physically it basically is priced to not be sold.


I know, it's an obscene price given the category of the book but I guess he's got a very small niche of people who are willing to pay a lot for his tell all. I personally found it worth it (for the digital one of course)




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