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1,181 results on '"MERCENARY TROOPS"'

1153. Big Boy Rules.

Author

Altman, Alex

Subjects
MERCENARY troops, NONFICTION
Abstract

This article reviews the book "Big Boy Rules: In the Company of America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq," by Steve Fainaru.

Published
2008

1157. The Ten Thousand.

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Ten Thousand," by Paul Kearney.

Published
2008

1159. The Wonga Coup.

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Wonga Coup," by Adam Roberts.

Published
2006

1160. GLASS TIGER.

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Glass Tiger," by Joe Gores.

Published
2006

1161. Dogs of War.

Author

Elkins, Caroline

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "THE WONGA COUP: Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa," by Adam Roberts.

Published
2006

1164. The Dogs of War Need a Tight Leash.

Author

Cornish, Paul

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry," by P. W. Singer.

Published
2005

1166. Kill for Cash.

Author

Brinkley, C. Mark

Subjects
VIDEO games, ELECTRONIC games, MERCENARY troops, FOREIGN enlistment
Abstract

Reviews the video game Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

Published
2005

1167. Soldiers for Hire.

Author

Walsh-Boyle, Megan

Subjects
DOCUMENTARY television programs, SOLDIERS of fortune, ETHNOGRAPHIC television programs, MERCENARY troops
Abstract

Presents information on the documentary television program "Soldiers for Hire." Methods used in the documentary to look at the pros and cons of hiring soldiers of fortune; Arguments presented in the program.

Published
2004

1168. Mercenary tale riveting, but biased.

Author

Lowe, Christian

Subjects
MERCENARY troops, NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Bloodsong!,' by Jim Hooper.

Published
2003

1169. DESPERADO (Book).

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Desperado,' by Diana Palmer.

Published
2002

1170. Medieval Mercenaries (Book).

Author

Kaeuper, Richard W.

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Medieval Mercenaries. The Great Companies,' Vol. 1, by Kenneth Fowler.

Published
2002
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1172. EUROPE.

Author

Rogers, Clifford J.

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Medieval Mercenaries: The Great Companies,' Volume I, by Kenneth Fowler.

Published
2001

1174. Condottiere

Subjects
Mercenary troops
Abstract

condottiere A professional soldier of fortune who leads or conducts a band of mercenaries. During the Italian Renaissance, these captains were commissioned to fight wars in support of the city […]

Published
1987

1175. A Yank in the Manchu Dynasty.

Author

Kobak, Annette

Subjects
*MERCENARY troops, *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the non-fiction book 'The Devil Soldier: The Story of Frederick Townsend Ward,' by Caleb Carr. INSET: His Ever Victorious Army.

Published
1992

1176. The Mercenaries (Book Review).

Author

Johnson, Cynthia and Moorachian, Rose

Subjects
MERCENARY troops, FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book 'The Mercenaries,' by Giles Tippette.

Published
1976

1178. The Road to Kalamata : A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir

Author

Mike Hoare and Mike Hoare

Subjects
Mercenary troops
Abstract

The famous adventurer and mercenary recounts his exploits during the Congo Crisis in this Cold War military memoir. At the close of 1960, the newly formed Independent State of Katanga in central Africa recruited Thomas “Mad Mike” Hoare and his 4 Commando team of mercenary soldiers to suppress a rebellion by Baluba warriors known to torture the enemy soldiers they captured. In The Road to Kalamata, Hoare tells the story of 4 Commando and its evolution from a loose assembly of individuals into a highly organized professional fighting unit. Hoare's memoir presents a compelling portrait of the men who sell their military skills for money. They are, in his words, “a breed of men which has almost vanished from the face of the earth.'Originally published in 1989, this edition of The Road to Kalamata features a new foreword by the 20th century's most famous mercenary and one of its most eloquent storytellers.

Published
1989

1179. One Million Mercernaries : Swiss Soldiers in the Armies of the World

Author

John McCormack and John McCormack

Subjects
Mercenaries, History, Switzerland, Swiss mercenaries, Mercenary troops, Guards troops--France
Abstract

An account of the Swiss soldiers of fortune who plied their trade in the foreign regiments of European militaries and even the American Civil War. The white mercenaries who attracted the world's attention in the Congo during the early 1960s were never more than a few hundred in number. In contrast, no fewer than a million Swiss troops served as mercenaries in the armies of Europe during the preceding 500 years. Swiss mercenaries form a significant strand in the rope of European military history, and this book draws on many French and German-language sources to describe how the Swiss emerged from the isolated valleys of the Alps with a new method of warfare. Their massed columns of pike-carrying infantry were the first foot-soldiers since Roman times who could hold their own against the cavalry. For a brief period at the end of the fifteenth century the Swiss army appeared unbeatable, and after Swiss independence had been ensured they were hired out as mercenaries throughout Europe. Kings and generals competed to hire these elite combat troops. Nearly half of the million served with the French, their centuries of loyal service culminating with the massacre of the Swiss Guards during the French Revolution. Marlborough, Frederick the Great and Napoleon all hired large numbers of Swiss troops, and three Swiss regiments served in the British Army.

Published
1993

1180. Private military companies.

Author

Issitt, Micah

Subjects
Mercenary troops, Private military companies, Private security services
Abstract

The legal and economic status of private military companies (PMCs) became an area of intense debate during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early twenty-first century, as thousands of private security personnel were hired by the US government to provide supplementary security and assistance. Due to the detailed media coverage of the conflict in Iraq, a number of prominent researchers studied the relationship between military resources and the use of PMC forces to supplement military operations. In subsequent years other groups, including PMC Wagner, a company funded by the Russian government, also attracted public scrutiny.

Published
2024

1181. Mercenaries.

Author

Schuster, Carl Otis

Subjects
Mercenary troops
Abstract

Mercenaries are soldiers who serve not their own country, city-state, tribe, or clan but rather another group, purely for financial gain or other benefits. Most often (but not always), mercenaries are recruited and employed during wars and other conflicts. They can be found among the armies of organizations that lack the military manpower, popular support, or military technology to maintain a sufficiently powerful force drawn from the nation’s own citizenry or the group’s own members. The use of mercenaries is well documented in many wars throughout history.

Published
2023

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