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Mercenaries : Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns.
Mercenaries have been a part of warfare for centuries, and though the names have changed, continue to play a part in global military conflicts. In today's world these ""soldiers for hire"" are an attractive alternative when Western governments are reluctant to put their mili...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Havertown :
Casemate,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 12 "Operation Impossible" -- On the Run across Africa13 Soldier of Fortune in Iraq; 14 How Executive Outcomes Ran Its Wars; 15 Bounty Hunt in Rhodesia; 16 Profile of a Mercenary: American Professional Greg Lovett; 17 Taking Angola's Diamond Fields from the Rebels; 18 The Future Role of Mercenaries on the African Continent; 19 Profile of a Mercenary: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis; 20 Freelance Pilots Fly Chopper Support Missions in Afghanistan. | |
| 520 | |a Mercenaries have been a part of warfare for centuries, and though the names have changed, continue to play a part in global military conflicts. In today's world these ""soldiers for hire"" are an attractive alternative when Western governments are reluctant to put their militaries at risk for obscure causes that would otherwise be difficult to explain to their electorates. In this book noted author and foreign correspondent Al Venter provides a fascinating look at modern merc actions in the Middle East and Africa. From brushfire wars in the Congo to outright genocides in Biafra, highly skilled. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Private military companies. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Terrorism |x Prevention. | |
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