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| 100 | 1 | _aFITZSIMMONS Scott | |
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_aWhen few stood against many: _bexplaining Executive Outcomes' victory in the Sierra Leonean civil war / _cScott Fitzsimmons. |
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| 260 | _c2013 | ||
| 520 | _aDescribes 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. | ||
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_aSIERRA LEONE _xCIVIL WAR |
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| 650 | _aEXECUTIVE OUTCOMES | ||
| 650 | _aMERCENARY FORCES | ||
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_aDefence Studies: _gVol 13 No 2, June 2013, pp. 245-269 (105) |
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_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2012.745967 _zclick here for full text |
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