Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815-2007

by Donald Stoker

Book Overview

This volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era.

Containing essays by US contributors covering a wide range of countries and spanning nearly 200 years of history, the case studies show the evolution of foreign military advising from ill-organized mercenary units, to professional,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415582989
• ISBN13: 9780415582988
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"