On Mercenaries in World Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21666890 |
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| Authors | Ramona GOGA, Ramona Ioana Goga (Babeș-Bolyai University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 299-321 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Studia Europaea (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1224-8746 • E-ISSN: 2065-9563 |
| Publisher | Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24193/subbeuropaea.2023.2.14 |
| OpenAlex | W4389998641 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
The purpose of the present paper is to emphasize the way mercenaries integrated in the world politics. It offers an overview of the historical context, highlighting short details about the early appearance of mercenary troops who, although not yet bearing that name, acted in the same way. What is more, it pursues the evolution of mercenaries from their very beginning to the contemporary era, making a short stop to the Middle Ages, and then to the pre-modern period. Furthermore, it describes the metamorphosis of mercenaries in the contemporary period, giving birth to the new ́dogs of war’ under different names. However, these transformations came with behavioural changes as well. They changed their attitude and their chaotic actions on the battlefield, fulfilling, sometimes, a different role, but for the same purpose, which labelled them as ‘new mercenaries’ from the outset
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Battlefield · First world war · Political science · Politics · World War II · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Military History and Strategy
| Highly cited | No |
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