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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: partnering with indigenous forces -- Raising armies: North American and South Asian personnel in British, American and French service, 1746-1783 -- The mercenary motive, contracts and mutiny -- Discipline and punishment -- Slave soldiers of the Americas -- Armies of empire -- Imperial armies in Africa -- Irregulars and advisers in colonial service -- Colonial armies and irregulars in the First World War, 1914-1918 -- Local forces in the Second World War -- Local forces during the wars of decolonisation -- Building the Afghan and Iraqi security forces, 2003-2014 -- Future challenges: upstream engagement and private forces -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Within the last decade, the Iraqi Army and the Afghan National Army brought together local fighters, militias, and former insurgents among other auxiliaries to create their local armed forces. While this aided in establishing a sense of security, it also created the risk of an over-empowered local military. Robert Johnson seeks to address these concerns with in-depth look at colonial and post-colonial auxiliaries. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Combined operations (Military science) -- History.
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Combined operations (Military science) |
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History. |
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Western countries -- Armed Forces -- History.
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Western countries. |
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Armed Forces. |
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Military assistance -- History.
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Military assistance. |
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Armies, Colonial -- History.
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Armies, Colonial. |
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Militia -- History.
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Mercenary troops -- History.
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Colonization -- History.
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Militia. |
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Military history -- Case studies.
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Mercenary troops. |
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Case studies.
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Colonization. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other. |
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Military history. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Case studies.
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| Added Title |
Indigenous personnel in Western armed forces |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, Robert, 1967- True to their salt. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190694562 (DLC) 2018001318 |
| ISBN |
0190694572 |
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9780190694586 (EPUB) |
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0190694580 |
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9780190694579 (electronic book) |
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9780190694562 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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