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1 online resource (51 pages) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
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text file PDF rda |
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"December 2019." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-50). |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NDU Press website, viewed Dec. 13, 2019). |
| Contents |
An emerging threat -- Who is a 'mercenary'? -- Stigma and hypocrisy -- The second oldest profession -- Private force, power, and world order -- The return of mercenaries -- The U.S. role in resurrecting mercenarism -- Market globalization -- A glimpse inside the mercenary world -- Understanding private warfare -- Strategies for private wars -- An unstoppable trend. |
| Summary |
"Mercenaries are more powerful than experts realize, a grave oversight. Those who assume they are cheap imitations of national armed forces invite disaster because for-profit warriors are a wholly different genus and species of fighter. Private military companies such as the Wagner Group are more like heavily armed multinational corporations than the Marine Corps. Their employees are recruited from different countries, and profitability is everything. Patriotism is unimportant, and sometimes a liability. Unsurprisingly, mercenaries do not fight conventionally, and traditional war strategies used against them may backfire" -- Publisher's web site. |
| Subject |
Mercenary troops.
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Private military companies.
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Mercenary troops -- History.
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Military art and science.
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mercenaries.
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Mercenary troops. (OCoLC)fst01016918
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Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
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Private military companies. (OCoLC)fst01746082
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
National Defense University Press, issuing body.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0378-H-01 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 5.402:M 53 |
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