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020			_a9781107026919 (hardback)
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100	1		_aFitzsimmons, Scott, _d1980-
245	1	0	_aMercenaries in asymmetric conflicts / _cScott Fitzsimmons.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_aix, 332 p. _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMercenary troops _vCase studies.
650		0	_aMercenary troops _zAngola _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aMercenary troops _zCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory _y20th century.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aAngola _xHistory, Military _y20th century.
651		0	_aCongo (Democratic Republic) _xHistory, Military _y20th century.
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