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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012002645 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781107026919 (hardback) |
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DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
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pcc |
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| Classification number |
U104 |
| Item number |
.F47 2013 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
355.3/54 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
POL011000 |
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bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fitzsimmons, Scott, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1980- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mercenaries in asymmetric conflicts / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Scott Fitzsimmons. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 332 p. |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts, Scott Fitzsimmons argues that small mercenary groups must maintain a superior military culture to successfully engage and defeat more numerous and better-equipped opponents. By developing and applying competing constructivist and neorealist theories of military performance to four asymmetric wars in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, he demonstrates how mercenary groups that strongly emphasize behavioral norms encouraging their personnel to think creatively, make decisions on their own, take personal initiative, communicate accurate information within the group, enhance their technical proficiency, and develop a sense of loyalty to their fellow fighters will exhibit vastly superior tactical capabilities than other mercenary groups. Fitzsimmons also demonstrates that although the victorious mercenary groups occasionally had access to weapon systems unavailable to their opponents, the balance of material capabilities fielded by the opposing military forces had far less influence on the outcome of these asymmetric conflicts than the culturally determined tactical behavior exhibited by their personnel"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mercenary troops |
| Form subdivision |
Case studies. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mercenary troops |
| Geographic subdivision |
Angola |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mercenary troops |
| Geographic subdivision |
Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. |
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bisacsh |
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Angola |
| General subdivision |
History, Military |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Congo (Democratic Republic) |
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History, Military |
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20th century. |
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Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |
| Suppress in OPAC |
No |
