This article was first published by Global Research on November 08, 2010. Private military and security companies (PMSC) are the modern reincarnation of a long lineage of private providers of physical force: corsairs, privateers and mercenaries. Mercenaries, which had practically disappeared during the XIXth and XXth centuries, reappeared in the 1960’s during the decolonization period … Continue reading The Privatization of War: Mercenaries, Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC)