Military Advising and Assistance. From mercenaries to privatisation, 1815-2007
Details:
- Author(s) Stoker, Donald J (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 265pp
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published Abingdon
Topics:
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Collection of 14 scholarly essays on history and evolution of military advising and assistance, both at government and private level, from the rudimentary level of recruitment and operation of mercenary forces in early 19th century, to formal professional relationships suitable for professionalised forces and their technical equipment, to recent privatisation of support elements of regular armed forces. Based on wide ranging case studies that are internationally spread but especially US focused