W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs

Private Military Companies and the Future of War

A BookTalk by Deborah Avant

September 29, 2005

Delivered on October 7, 2005, this lecture was delivered as part of the W. W. Keen Butcher Lecture Series on Military Affairs, established with a contribution from W. W. Keen Butcher on the occasion of FPRI’s 50th anniversary.

Deborah Avant is Director of the Institute for Global International Studies, at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University.