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Book SynopsisOffers unique insight into the role of private actors in military conflicts and the reason they are increasingly deployed today. Along with an overview of mercenaries and privateers,
Marque and Reprisal provides a comprehensive history of the ""marque and reprisal"" clause in the US Constitution, reminding us that it is not as arcane as it seems.
Trade ReviewMarque and Reprisal is a work of first-rate scholarship and a very important addition to the study of war and national security programs as well as the effect of new wars on international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Moss gives the reader a firm grasp of the impact twenty-first-century privatization of war and the use of cyber weapons and other high-tech arms will have on fragile democracies."" - Howard Ball, author of
Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience""Should the United States exercise control over war, or outsource that role to the private sector? Ken Moss, a preeminent national security expert, will inform and disturb you with this important and groundbreaking book."" - Lee H. Hamilton, distinguished scholar in the School of Global and International Studies and professor of practice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
""American wars depend not only on US soldiers but also on large numbers of private contractors. This important study by Kenneth Moss explains that while many contractors are involved in noncombat roles (such as taking care of maintenance, preparing food, and operating technology systems), other contractors carry weapons and become engaged in military conflict, raising central questions of accountability and law."" - Louis Fisher, author of
Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power: Unconstitutional Leanings
