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UNISA996393130903316 |
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Autore |
Potter William |
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Titolo |
The key of wealth [[electronic resource] ] : or, A new vvay, for improving of trade : lawfull, easie, safe and effectuall : shewing how a few tradesmen agreeing together, may both double their stocks, and the increase thereof, without 1. Paying any interest. 2. Great difficulty or hazard. 3. Advance of money. 4. Staying for materialls. 5. Prejudice to any trade, or person. 6. Incurring any other inconvenience. In such sort, as both they and all others (though never so poore) who are in a way of trading, may 1. multiply their returnes. 2. Deale onely for ready pay. 3. Much under-sell others. 4. Put the whole nation upon this practice. 5. Gain notwithstanding more then ordinary. 6. Desist when they please without damage. And so, as the same shall tend much to 1. Enrich the people of this land. 2. Disperse the money hoarded up. ... 23. Incorporate the whole strength of England. 24. Take away advantages of opposition. All which in this treatise in conceived by judicious men to be fully proved, doubts resolved, and objections either answered or prevented |
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London, : Printed by R.A. and are to be sold by Giles Calvert at the black spread Eagle neer the West end of Pauls, 1650 |
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Finance, Public - Great Britain |
Commerce |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Dedication signed: William Potter. |
Annotation on Thomason copy: "September 15th". |
Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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UNINA9910816454803321 |
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Autore |
Venter Al J. |
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Mercenaries : putting the world to rights with hired guns / / Al J Venter |
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Philadelphia ; ; Oxford : , : Casemate, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (644 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Mercenary troops - History |
Terrorism - Prevention |
Private military companies |
United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Coverpage; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Privatizing War; 2 Africa's Great Mercenary Tradition; 3 Profile of a Mercenary: Cobus Claassens; 4 Cuban Mercenaries in the Central Intelligence Agency's Air War in the Congo; 5 Mercenaries in Biafra's Aerial War of Attrition; 6 An American Warrior in South Lebanon; 7 Profile of a Mercenary: Fijian Warrior Fred Marafono; 8 The Battle for Soyo: Mercenary History in the Making; 9 How the Private Military Company Concept Evolved; 10 Mercenary Wings; 11 Profile of a Mercenary: Helicopter Pilot Arthur Walker |
12 "Operation Impossible" - On the Run across Africa13 Soldier of Fortune in Iraq; 14 How Executive Outcomes Ran Its Wars; 15 Bounty Hunt in Rhodesia; 16 Profile of a Mercenary: American Professional Greg Lovett; 17 Taking Angola's Diamond Fields from the Rebels; 18 The Future Role of Mercenaries on the African Continent; 19 Profile of a Mercenary: Gunship Ace Neall Ellis; 20 Freelance Pilots Fly Chopper Support Missions in Afghanistan |
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"A fascinating look at modern merc actions in the Middle East and Africa. From brushfire wars in the Congo to outright genocides in Biafra, highly skilled mercenaries were called upon to fight for order, and also for a living. Whether facing fanatics in Somalia or revolutionaries in Rhodesia, staving off cannibals in Sierra Leone or |
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assisting a civil war in Angola the mercs put their lives on the line for a cause." -- book cover. |
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