The Good Mercenary

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Title:	The Good Mercenary
Contributor(s):	Lynch, Tony (author) ; Walsh, A J
Publication Date:	2000-06
DOI:	10.1111/1467-9760.00096
Handle Link:	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/62367
Abstract:	FOR AT LEAST three thousand years mercenarism has been a feature, oftenthe major feature, of the institutions of organised violence. Even todaymercenarism is still a part of warfare as the experiences of Angola, Lebanon, theSeychelles, Sierra Leone and Papua New Guinea among other places shouldindicate. But there is a difference between most of this history and the last fewhundred years.
Publication Type:	Journal Article
Source of Publication:	Journal of Political Philosophy, 8(2), p. 133-153
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication:	United Kingdom
ISSN:	1467-9760 0963-8016
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020:	440811 Political theory and political philosophy 500306 Ethical theory
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020:	280119 Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies 130304 Social ethics
Peer Reviewed:	Yes
HERDC Category Description:	C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:	Journal Article School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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