| ISBN |
160598048X
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| ISBN13桁 |
9781605980485
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
393.25
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| 個人著者標目 |
Geraghty, Tony.
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| 本タイトル |
Soldiers of fortune :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
a history of the mercenary in modern warfare /
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| 著者名 |
Tony Geraghty.
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| 版表示 |
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
Pegasus Books,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
c2009.
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| 数量 |
xvii, 392 p., [12] p. of plates :
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| 他の形態的事項 |
ill. ;
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| 大きさ |
24 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-378) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Introduction -- Origins: Business of America is business -- Part 1: Mercenaries -- 1: Africa: they do things differently there -- 2: Congo 1960-1: the unquiet spirit of Patrice Lumumba -- 3: Congo 1964-7: the myth of the white giant -- 4: Angola 1974-2002: a war for slow readers -- Part 2: Plausibly Deniable -- 5: Yemen 1965-8: "do you fancy going into Yemen and burning the Migs?" -- 6: Oman 1970-95: how the Sandhurst brotherhood saved a nation -- 7: Afghanistan 1979-89: "the British will probably be most forthcoming" -- 8: Nicaragua and elsewhere 1984-2006: spreading democracy, America's first war on terror -- 9: Sierra Leone 1997-8: a less than ethical foreign policy -- 10: Croatia 1995: America's junkyard dogs -- Part 3: Licensed To Kill -- 11: Iraq 2003-present: a licence to kill, in some circumstances -- 12: Iraq 2005: the thirty-two-second ambush -- 13: Online dialogues: grunts, muppets and the civvy bodycount -- 14: Afghanistan 2001-future indefinite: in Talibs' fields the poppies blow -- 15: Licensed to save: the unarmed warriors -- Part 4: Regulation -- 16: Foreign Enlistment Act 1870-present: lying in state at Westminster -- 17: Legal remedies, 1976-present: the Utopian in pursuit of the uncontrollable -- 18: Great reappraisal, 2006: dogs of war or pussycats of peace? -- Part 5: Money -- 19: Mr Micawber's missing millions -- Epilogue: After RIO -- Appendix: Best of British -- Notes -- Picture credits -- Index.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
From the Publisher: The freelance solider, or mercenary, whether fighting for money or reputation or an adopted cause, has always been a fascinating and controversial phenomenon. Now, as a result of the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has become not simply a mercenary but a vital part of modern and privatized warfare. For some, he is a heroic figure, doing the work governments are too squeamish to admit to; for others, he is a bloodthirsty killer. In Tony Geraghty's starling history, he sheds new light on their activities, which has until now been shrouded in secrecy. Many of the soldiers have spoken to the author about their experiences for the first time, revealing details of operations that have never before been reported in the media.
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| 一般件名 |
Soldiers of fortune -- History -- 20th century.
Mercenary troops -- History -- 20th century. |
| 資料情報1 |
『Soldiers of fortune :
a history of the mercenary in modern warfare /』1st Pegasus Books cloth ed. Tony Geraghty. Pegasus Books, c2009.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/393.2/G35/S
資料コード：5017063515）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1347844942 |
