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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"mercenaries"”.
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Scottish mercenaries in the service of Denmark and Sweden, 1626-1632
Abstract available p. i-ii
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Mercenaries in History and the Modern Era: Impact of the Privatized Military Industry on U.S. Security Interests
Throughout history, mercenaries have been employed by various polities, yet reliance on mercenaries has traditionally weakened empires. The Periclean strategy necessitated an increase in mercenaries during the Peloponnesian War. This increase initiated a self-perpetuating cycle of decline, leaving …
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TIES OF POWER: A NETWORK ANALYSIS OF CONTRACTUAL AND KINSHIP RELATIONS BETWEEN MERCENARIES AND REGIONAL STATES IN THE WARFARE MARKET OF RENAISSANCE ITALY.
… examines contractual relations between mercenaries (condottieri ) and Italian regional states and kinship relations among mercenaries between the late 14th to the beginning of the 17th centuries. In line with Granovetter’s theory of embeddedness (1985), this research emphasises that …
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Soldiers of Fortune: A Historical Analysis of American Mercenary Employment
… War, senior American officials chose to employ mercenaries rather than rely solely on the United States military. Similarly, during the War on Terror, government bureaucrats elected to hire non-state actors to support the American military. To better understand these events, this thesis poses …
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Weird America
<p>Mercenaries Ashley and Steve solve supernatural cases in an America that became the Earth’s second moon! Their newest case: saving a small Wisconsin town from monster terrorists, government corruption, and a lonely pillar of flesh caught in the chaos! What will they find? Money? Purpose? Love? …
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My Trash, Your Treasure: What Prevents Risk-Based Governance from Diffusing in American Coal Mining Safety Regulation?
… a group of model mongers, missionaries, and mercenaries have advocated a competing model — behavior-based safety — that is more attractive to the industry. This dissertation also found that the lack of three factors helps explain the failure of the U.S. government's move toward risk-based …
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Commedia
… that puts Britain in danger of invasion by Saxon mercenaries.
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An edition and study of "Nikulás saga leikara"
… from Constantinople. Valdimar's Scandinavian mercenaries capture Dorma by employing magic, but Nikulás re-captures his bride, also using magic. The final battle is precluded by Valdimar's accidental killing of his own mercenaries. Valdimar accepts Nikulás, and Nikulás becomes king over …
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In the Service of the Tsar: European Mercenary Officers and the Reception of Military Reform in Russia, 1654-1667
… out appropriate tools in the form of these mercenaries for the implementation of military reform. The state monitored the quality of the mercenary officers and based their rank and pay levels on their ability to use the weapons of the day, pikes and muskets, suggesting the professional …
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The modern day gold rush ; private military corporations
… Today, and particularly since the 1970s, mercenaries have banded together, incorporating themselves as private military firms, some of which are units of multinational corporations. Private Military Corporations (PMCs) offer expertise ranging from construction to logistics but a number of …
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Reporting Laos: The U.S. Media and the "Secret" War in Laos: 1955-1975
… tens of thousands of American-hired ethnic mercenaries against the North Vietnamese army and featured a massive bombing campaign by U. S. aircraft. Yet approximately 500 Americans were killed or disappeared in Laos during the period, and hundreds of millions of U. S. taxpayer dollars were …
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Scotland and the British army, c.1700-c.1750
… the transition of Scottish soldiers from mercenaries in foreign service to soldiers of the British army. Additionally, the wider role of the British army in Scotland is investigated, including the legal constraints it operated under. The career patterns of prominent Scottish soldiers are …
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Soukromé vojenské organizace v USA.
… phenomenon. According to various sources, first mercenaries set foot on the American soil no later than during the famous war of independence. What has changed about the US private military contractors since these times is their overall number, the amount of countries they operate in, the scale …
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The tyrannies in the Greek cities of Sicily : 505-466 BC
… is concerned with the tyrants' recruitment of mercenaries, an important subject given the militaristic nature of the tyranny, as well as a dominant theme in Classical Sicilian history. Next, the unusual subject of the `refounding' of already existing cities will be discussed. A phenomenon …
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"there I, Paul Dolnstein, Saw Action." The Sketchbook Of A Warrior Artisan In The German Renaissance
… type. Known as Landsknechts, German Renaissance mercenaries were prized for their discipline on the field and for their commanders' ability to provide well equipped and well trained armies for the battlefields of Europe. As opposed to roving Landsknechts who followed the drums of war year in and …
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Lords of War: Maximilian I of Bavaria and the Institutions of Lordship in the Catholic League Army, 1619-1626
… Empire. It views contractors not as profiteering mercenaries who pursued war for gain at the state's expense, but rather as elites who sought to invest in modes of power-sharing that would preserve and strengthen their military role in governance.</p>
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A question of identity : who were the Galatians?
… as a prelude to their entry to Asia Minor as mercenaries. Chapter 2 concerns the arrival of the Galatians in Asia Minor, their settlements, socio-political organisation, religion, and relations with the Romans. Contemporary sources are plentiful, supplemented by modern archaeological …
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The political and military impact of Henry II’s campaigns in Wales
… especially in the progression of knight service, mercenaries and policy witnessed during this period. These campaigns bring into focus two clashing cultures with political, economic and military differences. As Welsh troops became increasingly important in English armies, it seemed only to …
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