Cowboys in the Middle East: Private Security Companies and the Imperfect Reach of the United States Criminal Justice System
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Kovach, Christopher M. (2010) 2010. “Cowboys in the Middle East: Private Security Companies and the Imperfect Reach of the United States Criminal Justice System”. Connections: The Quarterly Journal 9 (2): 17-34. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/Connections.09.2.02.
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