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- Mercenaries have been employed as auxiliaries since early times, but in the post-1945 world they have operated, almost exclusively, in weak Third World countries.
- About the Author: Guy Arnold is a freelance writer who lives in England.
- 198 Pages
- History, Military
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About the Book
This book details mercenary history and the new phenomenon which has emerged in the form of the mercenary corporations.Book Synopsis
Mercenaries have been employed as auxiliaries since early times, but in the post-1945 world they have operated, almost exclusively, in weak Third World countries. From Columbia to the Congo, Angola to Papua New Guinea, Cambodia to Nicaragua, they have appeared: training the drug cartel armies, assisting rebellions or civil wars, acting as the agents of the major powers. In the Congo crisis (1960-1965) they earned an especially unsavory reputation for greed, brutality and racism; it is a reputation that has stuck to the mercenary and on the whole justly. During the 1990s a new phenomenon has emerged in the form of the mercenary corporations such as Executive Outcomes or Sandline. These corporations offer a range of military expertise and weaponry, have the covert support of governments in the countries from which they come and are rapidly becoming a power to themselves, ultimately far more dangerous than the individual freebooters of the past.About the Author
Guy Arnold is a freelance writer who lives in England.Dimensions (Overall): 9.42 Inches (H) x 6.2 Inches (W) x .77 Inches (D)
Weight: .95 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 198
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Military
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Format: Hardcover
Author: Guy Arnold
Language: English
Street Date: November 25, 1999
TCIN: 1001920510
UPC: 9780312222031
Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8346
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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