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Mercenaries and the State: How the hybridisation of the armed forces is changing the face of national security
Mercenaries and the State: How the hybridisation of the armed forces is changing the face of national security Caroline Varin A thesis submitted to the Department of International Relations of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor … Continue reading
Civilian Contractors Operating in the Battlefield: Could They be Mercenaries?
Civilian Contractors Operating in the Battlefield: Could They be Mercenaries? Amer Mahmud, United States Air Force Academy Abstract Civilian contractors operating in the battlefield can easily escape the requirements of being classified as a mercenary under the current international legal … Continue reading
Private Soldiers in Africa: The Effects of Private Military Contractors and Mercenaries on the Duration of Civil Wars from 1960-2003
Private Soldiers in Africa: The Effects of Private Military Contractors and Mercenaries on the Duration of Civil Wars from 1960-2003 Seth Loven Independent April 14, 2013 Abstract:
Margaret Thatcher ‘gave her approval’ to her son Mark’s failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea
Margaret Thatcher ‘gave her approval’ to her son Mark’s failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea Unpublished version of memoir by former SAS officer Simon Mann records Baroness Thatcher’s endorsement of plan to depose oil-rich country’s president Daniel Boffey The Observer, … Continue reading
Title: “A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward
Title: “A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward Author(s): Erik Simpson Source: Studies in Romanticism. 48.4 (Winter 2009): p667. The Mercenary Context: Machiavelli, Ferguson, Smith IN THE PRINCE (1513), NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI SETS … Continue reading
Mercenaries
Mercenaries Author(s): Roy Stevenson Source: Renaissance Magazine. 17.6 (November-December 2012): p44. “We put over 6,000 men to the sword, seized all that we could find in the churches, burned down a great part of the city,” wrote mercenary Sebastian Schertlin … Continue reading
Granddad ‘mercenary trained in Ukraine’
Granddad ‘mercenary trained in Ukraine’ December 5, 2012 Christine Flatley AAP A Victorian grandfather trained at the International Bodyguard Association in Ukraine so he could fight the Indonesian government as a mercenary in West Papua, a court has heard.
The Return of the Mercenary
The Return of the Mercenary The conflict in Mali is a symptom of a broader trend in international relations: the return of mercenaries. Originally hired by autocratic regimes in Africa and the Middle East to crack down on popular unrest, … Continue reading
Report on alleged western training of anti-Syria “mercenaries” in Jordan
BBC Monitoring Middle East – Political Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring March 12, 2013 Tuesday Report on alleged western training of anti-Syria “mercenaries” in Jordan Text of report by Syrian TV on 11 March [Report over video by Hibah Ahmad] … Continue reading
JOBLESS TROOPS TO RAKE IN CASH AS MERCENARIES
JOBLESS TROOPS TO RAKE IN CASH AS MERCENARIES 24th February 2013 By Deborah Sherwood REDUNDANT British squaddies are in for a bonanza payday as mercenaries in war-torn Africa.
