Recent decades have seen an increasing reliance on private military contractors (PMCs) to provide logistical services, training, maintenance, and combat troops.

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Military robots are affecting both the decision to go to war and the means by which wars are conducted. This book covers the history of military robotics, analy

Faced with a decreasing supply of national troops, dwindling defense budgets, and the ever-rising demand for boots on the ground in global conflicts and humanit

The privatization of defence assets and the outsourcing of military services from the armed forces to the private sector is an increasing trend. This book appro