Scott Fitzsimmons

Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts

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Produktbeschreibung

Fitzsimmons argues that small mercenary groups must maintain a superior culture to successfully engage and defeat larger and better-equipped opponents.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781107679771
• ISBN-10: 110767977X
• Artikelnr.: 40552971

Autorenporträt

Scott Fitzsimmons is Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of British Columbia's Department of Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The normative theory of military performance
2. Neorealist combat balance theory
3. 5 Commando puts down the Simba Rebellion
4. Callan's mercenaries are defeated in Northern Angola
5. Executive outcomes defeat UNITA
6. The White Legion abandons Zaire
7. Conclusion.