Mercenaries in the Congo and Biafra, 1960-1970
Africa's weapon of choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5723926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Rooke, Stephen Rookes (CREA, Ecole de l’air, Salon-de-Provence, France, corresponding author), Walter Bruyère-Ostells (CHERPA, Sciences-Politiques, Aix-en- Provence, France) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 112-129 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2021.1957535 |
| OpenAlex | W3196718840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
Often maligned by academics and international organisations alike, mercenaries are perceived as being a contributory factor to the worsening of conflict and as a threat to democracy. This chapter demonstrates that this reputation is not wholly deserved, and that in certain cases mercenaries have made a valuable contribution to creating stability in highly unstable contexts. Also, this chapter questions certain interpretations relating to the role and identity of mercenaries. Far from being cold-blooded avaricious killers, we show that there is a range of different reasons why someone becomes a mercenary and argue that the aforementioned categorisation has been used as a political tool
Aesthetics · Democracy · Political economy · Political science · Political stability · Politics · Reputation · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |