| Title: | On Machiavelli and the mercenaries |
| Author: | Grundy, K.W. |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 295-310 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Africa |
| Subject: | mercenaries |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/159300 |
| Abstract: | After outlining the substance of Machiavelli's thought on armed forces his ideas are discussed in the light of African experience. The discussion is organised around what appear to be the two issues at the heart of Machiavelli'e thesis: 1. The problem of force in institutionally weak societies; 2. The problem of control of various sources of armed force. References. |
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