{"product_id":"military-advising-and-assistance-from-mercenaries-to-privatization-1815-2007-9780415582988","title":"Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContaining 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, government-sponsored teams driven by a desire to cultivate political and economic influence, to Cold War tools for pursuing ideological aims, nation building, and modernization, to post-Cold War elements of alliance integration. Finally, the book highlights the increasing present-day role of private corporations, some of which provide complete military forces, thereby bringing the evolution of foreign military advising full circle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students of military history, civil-military relations, peacekeeping, security studies and political science in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Stoker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415582988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Stoker is Professor of Strategy and Policy for the US Naval War College's Monterey Program. He is the author of Britain, France, and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919-1939: Grand Strategy and Failure (Frank Cass, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43211520934003,"sku":"9.78042E+12","price":103.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f0c22d5e-490e-4a91-8cf1-99413a50a791.jpg?v=1753187355","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/military-advising-and-assistance-from-mercenaries-to-privatization-1815-2007-9780415582988","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}