A History of Modern Mercenary Warfare

A History of Modern Mercenary Warfare Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.1" x 9.2" Pages:224 Photos:20 mono illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781399050098 Item No. 9781399050098 Since before the time of Alexander the Great trained soldiers have sold their expertise on battlefield around the World, fighting and dying in other people’s wars for money, glory or the lust for violence and combat. In this book Harry McCallion explores the development of modern mercenary forces from the British SAS led deniable operation in Yemen in late 1960’s, during which the Israelis were persuaded to arm the SAS led Yemeni tribesmen, through the bush wars in Africa, Britain’s ill fated intervention in the war in Afghanistan right up to today’s War in Ukraine. Many of the modern day British mercenaries were known to the author personally. including such notably figures as the legendary SAS Fijian warrio