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Colombian mercenaries refused to go on the assault in the Kharkiv region
Colombian mercenaries refused to go on the assault in the Kharkiv region October 10th, 2026 10:08 Foreign mercenaries on the Ukraine. Illustration: Al Jazeera A group of mercenaries from Colombia, which is involved… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies.
In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies. Authors DiResta, Renée1 (AUTHOR) Grossman, Shelby1 (AUTHOR) shelbygrossman@stanford.edu Siegel, Alexandra2 (AUTHOR) Source Political Communication. 2022, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p222-253.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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To Buy a War but Sell the Peace? Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace? Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability Authors Bara, Corinne (AUTHOR) Kreutz, Joakim (AUTHOR) Source Security Studies. Jun/Jul2022, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p417-445. 29p. 6… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Buying Survival: Why Do Leaders Hire Mercenaries?
Buying Survival: Why Do Leaders Hire Mercenaries? Authors Gentil-Fernandes, Leonardo (AUTHOR) Morrison, Kelly (AUTHOR) Otto, Jacob (AUTHOR) Source Security Studies. Apr/May2024, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p165-193. 29p. Document Type Article Subject… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Britain and the Rhodesian Mercenary Issue, c.1970–1980.
During the 1970s numerous British citizens travelled to Rhodesia, then an unrecognised state in rebellion against the Crown, to serve in the colony’s armed forces during the Bush War. This article considers the significance of this issue from the perspective of the British Government, and discusses different approaches used by the British to prevent such activities. In doing this it shows how the government was under pressure from a number of different groups, making this issue more significant than numbers would suggest. It also reconstructs the methods by which attempts were supposedly made to encourage men to serve in Rhodesia. It suggests that, insofar as limited activities may have happened, they were actually rather haphazard, albeit difficult to prevent. It argues that this was an issue of significance, but that the framework of the British political and legal system mitigated against successful government action. It also engages with questions of British relations with newly independent African states, as well as conceptions of British responsibility in post-colonial Africa, and puts this issue into the broader context of mercenary activity in 1970s Africa. Continue reading
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Portuguese Mercenary Networks in Seventeenth-Century India: An Experiment in Global Microhistory and its Archive.
Portuguese Mercenary Networks in Seventeenth-Century India: An Experiment in Global Microhistory and its Archive. Authors Marcocci, Giuseppe1 (AUTHOR) giuseppe.marcocci@history.ox.ac.uk Source Journal of Early Modern History. 2023, Vol. 27 Issue 1/2, p59-82.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The wrong of mercenarism: a promissory account.
The wrong of mercenarism: a promissory account. Authors Cordelli, Chiara1 (AUTHOR) cordelli@uchicago.edu Source Journal of Political Philosophy. Dec2023, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p470-493. 24p. Document Type Article Subject Terms *Punishment *Private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’
Mercenaries are the target of moral condemnation far more often than they are subject of moral concern. One attempt at morally condemning mercenaries proceeds by analogy with prostitutes; mercenaries are ‘the whores of war’. This analogy is unconvincing as a way of condemning mercenaries. However, careful comparison of mercenarism and prostitution suggests that, like many prostitutes, some mercenaries may be vulnerable individuals. If apt, this comparison imposes a consistency requirement: if one thinks certain prostitutes are appropriate subjects of moral concern in light of their vulnerability, then one must think that mercenaries who are likewise vulnerable are also appropriate subjects of moral concern. In this paper I elucidate the relevant, morally significant sense of ‘vulnerability’, and present evidence suggesting that at least some mercenaries are vulnerable in this sense. Continue reading
Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987
Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987 Authors Voß, Klaas1 (AUTHOR) klaas.voss@his-online.de Source Cold War History. Feb2016, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p37-60. 24p. Document Type Article… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mitigating the Risks of Imported Soldiery: Britain, Dhofaris, and the Early Military of the Emirates.
Mitigating the Risks of Imported Soldiery: Britain, Dhofaris, and the Early Military of the Emirates Authors Yates, Athol1 (AUTHOR) athol.yates@ku.ac.ae Rossiter, Ash1 (AUTHOR) Source Armed Forces & Society (Sage Publications Inc.).… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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