Soldiers of fortune : : a history of the mercenary in modern warfare / 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.

Soldiers of fortune : : a history of the mercenary in modern warfare /

1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.

Material type: 図書

Author: -

Publisher: Pegasus Books,

Publication date: c2009.

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: xvii, 392 p., [12] p. of plates : ; 24 cm.

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Note (General)：: Introduction -- Origins: Business of America is business -- Part 1: Mercenaries -- 1: Africa: they do things differently there -- 2: Congo 1960-1: the...

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東京都立中央図書館
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393.2-G35-S
Book Registration Number：
5017063515
東京都立中央図書館

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 160598048X
9781605980485
Title: Soldiers of fortune : : a history of the mercenary in modern warfare /
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Publication, Distribution, etc.: New York : : Pegasus Books,
Publication Date: c2009.
Extent: xvii, 392 p., [12] p. of plates : ; 24 cm.
Contributor: Tony Geraghty.
Text Language Code: eng
NDC 10th ed.: 393.25 : Policy and administration of national defence
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Introduction -- Origins: Business of America is business -- Part 1: Mercenaries -- 1: Africa: they do things differently there -- 2: Congo 1960-1: the unquiet spirit of Patrice Lumumba -- 3: Congo 1964-7: the myth of the white giant -- 4: Angola 1974-2002: a war for slow readers -- Part 2: Plausibly Deniable -- 5: Yemen 1965-8: "do you fancy going into Yemen and burning the Migs?" -- 6: Oman 1970-95: how the Sandhurst brotherhood saved a nation -- 7: Afghanistan 1979-89: "the British will probably be most forthcoming" -- 8: Nicaragua and elsewhere 1984-2006: spreading democracy, America's first war on terror -- 9: Sierra Leone 1997-8: a less than ethical foreign policy -- 10: Croatia 1995: America's junkyard dogs -- Part 3: Licensed To Kill -- 11: Iraq 2003-present: a licence to kill, in some circumstances -- 12: Iraq 2005: the thirty-two-second ambush -- 13: Online dialogues: grunts, muppets and the civvy bodycount -- 14: Afghanistan 2001-future indefinite: in Talibs' fields the poppies blow -- 15: Licensed to save: the unarmed warriors -- Part 4: Regulation -- 16: Foreign Enlistment Act 1870-present: lying in state at Westminster -- 17: Legal remedies, 1976-present: the Utopian in pursuit of the uncontrollable -- 18: Great reappraisal, 2006: dogs of war or pussycats of peace? -- Part 5: Money -- 19: Mr Micawber's missing millions -- Epilogue: After RIO -- Appendix: Best of British -- Notes -- Picture credits -- Index.
Holding library: 東京都立中央図書館
Note (Library): 301
Call No.: 393.2-G35-S
Data Provider (Database): 東京都立中央図書館 : 公共図書館蔵書
Bibliographic ID (SomokuID): 1347844942
5017063515
OCLC No.: ocn286439437
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/ocn286439437