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Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Tony Geraghty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-04-07
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Tony Geraghty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-07 with History categories.
Offers a history of mercenaries, exploring ways in which soldiers for hire have been an essential component of modern and privatized warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nigeria S Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Max Siollun
language : en
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Release Date : 2019-08-29
Nigeria S Soldiers Of Fortune written by Max Siollun and has been published by Hurst & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-29 with Political Science categories.
In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential election won by the southerner Moshood Abiola, and ended with former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo being the unlikely conduit of democracy. This mini-history of a nation's life also reflects on three mesmerizing protagonists who personified that era. First up is Abiola: the multi-billionaire businessman who had his election victory voided by the generals who made him rich, and who was later assassinated. General Sani Abacha was the mysterious, reclusive ruler under whose watch Abiola was arrested and pro-democracy activists (including Abiola's wife) were murdered. He also oversaw a terrifying Orwellian state security operation. Although Abacha is today reviled as a tyrant, the author eschews selective amnesia, reminding Nigerians that they goaded him into seizing power. The third protagonist is Obasanjo, who emerged from prison to return to power as an elected civilian leader. The penumbra of military rule still looms over Nigeria nearly twenty years after the soldiers departed, and key personalities featured in this book remain in government, including the current president.
Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher: Copp, Clark ; New York : Scribner's Sons
Release Date : 1897
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by Copp, Clark ; New York : Scribner's Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with American fiction categories.
A romance of America’s nascent imperial power, Richard Harding Davis’s Soldiers of Fortune recounts the adventures of Robert Clay, a mining engineer and sometime mercenary, and Hope Langham, the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist, as they become caught up in a coup in Olancho, a fictional Latin American republic. When the coup, organized by corrupt politicians and generals, threatens the American-owned Valencia Mining Company, Clay organizes his workers and the handful of Americans visiting the mine into a counter-coup force. Written on the eve of the Spanish-American War, Soldiers of Fortune casts the young American as the dashing, hypermasculine hero of the new military and economy. A huge best-seller, the novel did its part to push the nation into war against Spain, and stands as one of the most important texts in the literature of American imperialism. The appendices, which bring together primary materials by writers and politicians such as Rebecca Harding Davis, Theodore Roosevelt, Jose Martí, Mark Twain, Herbert Spencer, and others, address such issues as social Darwinism, masculinity, and ideas of Anglo-American superiority.
Real Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Real Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Richard Harding Davis' career began in journalism, where he made his name as a daring front-line correspondent in several wars and conflicts. Later, he would translate his battlefield experience into a number of fiction and nonfiction books. Real Soldiers of Fortune presents brief biographies detailing the lives and martial triumphs of luminaries such as Captain Philo McGiffen and the young Winston Churchill.
Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2023-08-15
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Fiction categories.
welcome to the consuls along the coasts of Africa and South America as he was at Cowes or Nice. His books of voyages were recognized by geographical societies and other serious bodies, who had given him permission to put long disarrangements of the alphabet after his name. She liked him because she had grown to be at home with him, because it was good to know that there was some one who would not misunderstand her, and who, should she so indulge herself, would not take advantage of any appeal she might make to his sympathy, who would always be sure to do the tactful thing and the courteous thing, and who, while he might never do a great thing, could not do an unkind one...FROM THE BOOKS.
Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with categories.
Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Literary Collections categories.
Oil Politics And Violence
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Author : Max Siollun
language : en
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Oil Politics And Violence written by Max Siollun and has been published by Algora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
"An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country. When it gained independence from Britain in 1960, hopes were high that, with mineral wealth and over 140 million people, the most educated workforce in Africa, Nigeria would become Africa s first superpower and a stabilizing democratic influence in the region. However, these lofty hopes were soon dashed and the country lumbered from crisis to crisis, with the democratic government eventually being overthrown in a violent military coup in January 1966. From 1966 until 1999, the army held onto power almost uninterrupted under a succession of increasingly authoritarian military governments and army coups. Military coups and military rule (which began as an emergency aberration) became a seemingly permanent feature of Nigerian politics. The author names names, and explores how British influence aggravated indigenous rivalries. He shows how various factions in the military were able to hold onto power and resist civil and international pressure for democratic governance by exploiting the country's oil wealth and ethnic divisions to its advantage."--Publisher's description.
Soldiers Of Fortune
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
language : en
Publisher: Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.
Release Date : 2011-02-25
Soldiers Of Fortune written by Richard Harding Davis and has been published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-25 with Foreign Language Study categories.
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Thin Lizzy
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Author : Alan Byrne
language : en
Publisher: SAF Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2006-02
Thin Lizzy written by Alan Byrne and has been published by SAF Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A respectful, but vibrant account of Lynott's rambunctious life and sad end whets the appetite." Uncut ****