Could private armies fight the next major conflict?

In 2004, Sean McFate was sent to the African nation of Burundi to protect the country’s president from assassination, after word came down that a rebel group was advancing on his palace. Had the assassination occurred, the country would have likely descended into genocidal war.

In his new book, “The Modern Mercenary,” McFate writes that he accomplished his mission. He does not say how, but the “how” is less relevant than the “who.”

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