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Unholy Wars:Afghanistan, Americaand InternationalTerrorism:NEW EDITION
Pluto Press
 
Unholy Wars
Afghanistan, Americaand International Terrorism
NEWEDITION
John K. CooleyPluto
P
Press
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
 
Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous ... For mercenaries aredisunited, thirsty for power, undisciplined, and disloyal; they are brave among theirfriends and cowards before the enemy; they have no fear of God, they do not keepfaith with their fellow men; they avoid defeat just so long as they avoid battle; inpeacetime you are despoiled by them, and in wartime by the enemy ... Mercenarycommanders are either skilled in warfare or they are not: if they are, you cannottrust them, because they are anxious to advance their own greatness, either bycoercing you, their employer, or by coercing others against your own wishes. If,however, the commander is lacking in prowess, in the normal way he brings aboutyour ruin ... Experience has shown that only princes and armed republics achievesolid success, and that mercenaries bring nothing but loss.Niccolo Machiavelli,
The Prince
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