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- Type
- Illustrated Book
- Subject 3
- Mercenaries
- Special Attributes
- Illustrated
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Subjects
- History & Military
- Subject
- Military & War
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781472848017
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1472848012
ISBN-13
9781472848017
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22050089971
Product Key Features
Book Title
Soldiers of Fortune : Mercenaries and Military Adventurers, 1960-2020
Number of Pages
64 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Military / Special Forces, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Book Series
Elite Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
7.4 Oz
Item Length
5.1 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
244
Dewey Decimal
355.354096
Table Of Content
INTRODUCTION AFRICA -Katanga and the Congo: 1960-68 -Rhodesia: 1964-79 -Angola: 1975-76 -South Africa's border war: 1966-89 INDIAN OCEAN -Comoros and Chad: 1978-95 -Operation Anvil , Seychelles: 1981 SOUTH AMERICA -Suriname: 1986-91 -Operation Phoenix , Colombia: 1988-91 THE BREAK-UP OF YUGOSLAVIA -1991-95 WAR IN THE 21ST CENTURY -Private military companies -Iraq and Afghanistan DEALING WITH THE FALL-OUT SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
Synopsis
This highly illustrated title traces the development of mercenary soldiering, from individuals and small units in the African wars of the 1960s-90s to today's state-employed corporate military contractors. The phenomenon of mercenary soldiering has constantly recurred in the news since the 1960s and has always attracted lively interest. The concept of "mercenaries" began in the former Belgian Congo during the 1960s when men such as Mike Hoare and Bob Denard assembled hundreds of military veterans to 'do the fighting' for a particular leader or faction. This idea soon evolved into small teams of individuals training and leading local forces with varying success; wars in Rhodesia and on South Africa's borders attracted foreign volunteers into national armed forces, and veterans of these conflicts later sought employment elsewhere as mercenaries. The wars in former Yugoslavia also attracted foreign fighters inspired as much by political and religious motives as by pay. This picture then evolved again, as former officers with recent experience set up sophisticated commercial companies to identify and fill the needs of governments whose own militaries were inadequate. Most recently, the aftermath of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has seen such contractors taking on some of the burden of long-term security off major national armies, while the subsequent rise of ISIS/Daesh has added a parallel strain of ideological volunteers. The author is well placed to describe how the face of mercenary soldiering has evolved and changed over 60 years. Using first-hand accounts, photos and detailed illustrations, this book presents a compelling snapshot of the life, campaigns and kit used by mercenary operatives engaged in fighting within both larger and more specific conflicts around the world., While mercenaries have been used throughout history, the 1960s saw the rise of white freelance soldiers, employed by leaders of newly independent black African states. Later groups of mercenaries hired themselves out not only to train Third World armies, but even to spearhead anti-government coups. Many others also volunteered to fight in countries like Rhodesia and South Africa during the wars of the 1970s-80s. Over the past 30 years, former military professionals have accepted contracts from sophisticated military corporations employed by national governments, sometimes to share the burden of the 'War against Terror' following Western interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, individual volunteers have fought - for motives other than pay - in the conflicts in former Yugoslavia and Syria. This book, by a former security contractor with wide-ranging contacts, explains the steady evolution of freelance soldiering over the past 60 years, illustrated with rare personal photographs and detailed colour plates of uniforms, equipment and weapons, it vividly brings the world of the military adventurer to life. Book jacket., This highly illustrated title traces the development of mercenary soldiering, from individuals and small units in the African wars of the 1960s-90s to today's state-employed corporate military contractors.
LC Classification Number
UA855
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