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  1. School of International Relations, Xiamen University, No. 422, Siming South Road, Xiamen, China

    kai chen

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Books reviewed:

The Morality of Private War: The Challenge of Private Military and Security Companies

James Pattison (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), 258 pp., ISBN: 978-0199639700

Mercenaries, Hybrid Armies and National Security: Private Soldiers and the State in the 21st Century

Caroline Varin (Abingdon: Routledge, 2014), 176 pp., ISBN: 978-1138779488

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chen, k. alternative ways of organising armed force. Eur Polit Sci 16, 570–573 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-016-0024-4

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