Description: A philosophical exploration of the moral issues raised by the use of private military contractors and mercenaries in war.
Brief description: Deane-Peter Baker is a Lecturer and Strategic Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia where he is the Director of the Applied Ethics Programme directed at the Cadets and Midshipmen of the Australian Defence Force Academy. He is author Just Warriors, Inc. (2010), co-editor of Private Military Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations (Routledge, 2008) and has also written for the BBC's Focus on Africa magazine.
Review Quotes: [an] illuminating book... a thorough, well-argued and pleasant to read defence of the idea of contracted warfare.