The mercenary : an instrument of state coercion / Christopher Kinsey.
By: Kinsey, Christopher [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191983733Subject(s): Mercenary troops -- History -- 21st century | Warfare and Defence | Warfare & defenceAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198872788DDC classification: 355.354 LOC classification: UB148Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Ever since the French Revolution and the rise of national armies, the mercenary has been viewed as a maligned and marginalized actor in international relations. 'The Mercenary' challenges this view, suggesting instead that while delegated to the periphery of Great Power politics, the mercenary remained a coercive instrument of state power who was willing to discretely promote the client's foreign policy when called upon to do so. Never has this been more evident than today. This book offers fresh insight into the future of the mercenary as an instrument of state coercion and explains why there is a mercenary renaissance in the 21st century.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ever since the French Revolution and the rise of national armies, the mercenary has been viewed as a maligned and marginalized actor in international relations. 'The Mercenary' challenges this view, suggesting instead that while delegated to the periphery of Great Power politics, the mercenary remained a coercive instrument of state power who was willing to discretely promote the client's foreign policy when called upon to do so. Never has this been more evident than today. This book offers fresh insight into the future of the mercenary as an instrument of state coercion and explains why there is a mercenary renaissance in the 21st century.
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