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Private militaries: Mercenaries, or fighters of a just war?
[Soukromé armády: žoldáci, nebo bojovníci spravedlivé války?]

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The thesis deals with the issue of private armies in the form of a case study of the American private military company Blackwater and the Russian private military company Wagner Group. For both companies, their formation, operations and impacts are covered. The objectives of the work are: to evaluate the deployment of both military companies; to find out whether they are effective instruments of state power; to compare the operation of these organizations in terms of loyalty and morale of their members with Machiavelli's knowledge about war; with regard to the just war theory, to determine whether the members of these organizations can be identified rather as mercenaries fighting for their own enrichment, or fighters of a just war.

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  • Tom Křížek, 2022. "Private militaries: Mercenaries, or fighters of a just war? [Soukromé armády: žoldáci, nebo bojovníci spravedlivé války?]," E-LOGOS, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2022(2), pages 4-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlelg:v:2022:y:2022:i:2:id:492:p:4-22
    DOI: 10.18267/j.e-logos.492
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    1. Kimberly Marten, 2019. "Russia’s use of semi-state security forces: the case of the Wagner Group," Post-Soviet Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(3), pages 181-204, May.
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