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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Robert, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history.

Mercenary troops.

History.

Militia.

Armies, Colonial.

Military assistance.

Combined operations (Military science).

Armed Forces.

Western countries--Armed Forces--History.

Western countries.

Combined operations (Military science)--History.

Military assistance--History.

Armies, Colonial--History.

Militia--History.

Mercenary troops--History.

Colonization--History.

Colonization.

Military history--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 531 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Indigenous personnel in Western armed forces

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Johnson, Robert, 1967- True to their salt.

ISBN:

9780190694562

0190694564

OCLC:

1027770378