VARIN Caroline <br/><br/>
Mercenaries, hybrid armies and national security :  private soldiers and the state in the 21st century / 
Caroline Varin. 
 - Abingdon, Oxon :  Routledge,   2015. 
 - 176 pages 
 - LSE international studies series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> This book explores the impact of this hybridisation on the values, cohesion and effectiveness of the armed forces by comparing and contrasting the experiences of the French Foreign Legion, private military companies in  Angola, and the merging of private contractors and American troops in Iraq. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138779488 (hbk.) :  85.00 GBP 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>MERCENARY TROOPS --CASE STUDIES<br/>PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES --CASE STUDIES<br/>INTEGRATED OPERATIONS (MILITARY SCIENCE) --CASE STUDIES