The strategic use of military contractors : American commercial military service providers in Bosnia and Liberia, 1995-2009

Drawing from strategic theory, this study investigates the strategic roles of commercial companies providing military services, frequently referred to as private military companies. Theoretically, the thesis analyzes how states organize its military capabilities in order to be able to wield power within the international system while empirically, it examines the character and role of commercial companies that provide military training services to the United States Government and partner nations. The reason for this rather instrumental and functional, rather than critical, approach is that this work is written within the discipline known as War Studies. Strategic theory is used first to logically organize the empirical findings in two case studies and then to develop an analytical framework with which the strategic roles of companies providing military services can be investigated. The analysis has been conducted using both new and hitherto unknown sources in the shape of interviews as well as previously classified telegrams, but also draws on previous research and other secondary sources. The main findings are that commercial companies have five typical strategic roles: first, they cloak the state by substituting traditional uniformed troops; second, they act as trailblazers by securing US influence in new regions and by breaking new ground by contributing to the build-up of new partners; third, they act as scene setters by preparing the ground for military exit out of a theater of operations or by facilitating inter-operability between foreign militaries and the US military; fourth, they can be used to infiltrate the security structures of foreign countries; fifth and finally, they can be used to provide offensive capabilities by providing either kinetic or cyber warfare effects. Another finding is that military service contracting is an important part of the US strategic culture.

Pohjoismaiset ampumakilpailut Helsingissä 4.-6.8.1925 : Hotelli Fenniassa maanantaina 3 p. Elokuuta : [Ruokalista]

Ruokalista

Mortalidade materna na cidade de São Paulo de 1993 a 1995

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram: determinar o coeficiente de mortalidade materna para o município de São Paulo, as patologias mais freqüentes que determinaram o óbito e a distribuição por faixas etárias. Foram revisados neste estudo retrospectivo 179.872 atestados de óbito de mulheres entre 10 e 49 anos de idade abrangendo no período de abril de 1993 a dezembro de 1995.Foram selecionados 761 atestados de óbito nos quais o estado gravídico era declarado ou presumido. A gravidez foi confirmada em 291 dos 761 casos e 53 destes estão ainda sob investigação. Os dados foram tabulados, agrupados e analisados considerando a idade e a causa da morte, de acordo com a 9ª Revisão do CID - Classificação Internacional de Doenças. Dos 291 casos positivos para associação com gravidez, 82 (28,17%) não apresentaram nenhuma referência a este fato no atestado de óbito (subnotificação). Dos 291 óbitos, 183 (62,9%) se deveram a causas diretas, sendo a hemorragia (47/183), a pré-eclâmpsia/eclâmpsia (46/183) e as complicações do aborto (43/183) as principais patologias. Em 79 casos a causa foi indireta, sendo a cardiopatia (33/79) a principal patologia determinante do óbito. A síndrome hipertensiva (pré-eclâmpsia/eclâmpsia e/ou hipertensão arterial crônica) foi responsável por 19,93% das mortes. Este estudo possibilitou calcular o Coeficiente de Mortalidade Materna para o município de São Paulo: 50,24 por 100.000 nascidos vivos.

Suomen pyöräilymestaruuskilpailut Turussa elokuun 8 ja 9 p:nä 1925

12 x 18 cm

Ohjelma Suomen Kenttäratsastusklubin ratsastuskilpailut 17 p:nä toukokuuta 1925

14 x 21 cm

Hämeenlinnan Eläinsuojelusseura 1915-1925

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Kesämatkoja Suomessa 1925

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Förslag till sommarturer i Finland 1925

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Sketches of tours in Finland Summer 1925

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Vorschläge für Sommerreisen in Finland 1925

12 x 22 cm

Mitä Suomen moottorilehti v. 1925 sanoi "Rudge"-moottoripyörästä

kuv., 21 x 30 cm