True to their salt : indigenous personnel in Western armed forces / Robert Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Robert, 1967-
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Descriptionpages cm
Subjects
Combined operations (Military science)--History.
Military assistance--History.
Armies, Colonial--History.
Militia--History.
Mercenary troops--History.
Colonization--History.
Military history--Case studies.
Western countries--Armed Forces. --History.

Portion of title Indigenous personnel in Western armed forces
Contents Introduction: partnering with indigenous forces -- Raising armies: North American and South Asian personnel in British, American and French service, 1746-1783 -- The mercenary motive, contracts and mutiny -- Discipline and punishment -- Slave soldiers of the Americas -- Armies of empire -- Imperial armies in Africa -- Irregulars and advisers in colonial service -- Colonial armies and irregulars in the First World War, 1914-1918 -- Local forces in the Second World War -- Local forces during the wars of decolonisation -- Building the Afghan and Iraqi security forces, 2003-2014 -- Future challenges: upstream engagement and private forces -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Johnson, Robert, 1967- True to their salt. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018] 9780190694579
Genre/formCase studies.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2018001318
ISBN9780190694562 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN0190694564

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Joyner General Stacks U260 .J645 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold