{"product_id":"military-advising-and-assistance-donald-stoker-9780415770156","title":"Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining essays by US contributors covering a wide range of countries and spanning nearly 200 years of history, the case studies show the evolution of foreign military advising from ill-organized mercenary units, to professional, government-sponsored teams driven by a desire to cultivate political and economic influence, to Cold War tools for pursuing ideological aims, nation building, and modernization, to post-Cold War elements of alliance integration. Finally, the book highlights the increasing present-day role of private corporations, some of which provide complete military forces, thereby bringing the evolution of foreign military advising full circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to students of military history, civil-military relations, peacekeeping, security studies and political science in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Stoker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415770157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415770156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Donald Stoker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064955384063,"sku":"9780415770156","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7562f70-858c-4bd5-a679-e57da8924074.jpg?v=1768672162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/military-advising-and-assistance-donald-stoker-9780415770156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}