TY  - BOOK
AU  - FITZSIMMONS Scott
TI  - When few stood against many: explaining Executive Outcomes' victory in the Sierra Leonean civil war 
PY  - 2013///
KW  - SIERRA LEONE
KW  - CIVIL WAR
KW  - EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES
KW  - MERCENARY FORCES
N2  - Describes some essential elements of the normative theory of military performance and then applies these to explain the success of a small group of mercenaries against the very much larger and more heavily armed Revolutionary United Front (RUF) insurgents in Sierra Leone. Relevant norms include creative thinking, personal initiative, decentralised decision making, technical proficiency, and group loyalty
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2012.745967
ER  -