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1. The French Foreign Legion
   ... among friends, cowardly among enemies, there is no fear of God, no loyalty to man.ampquot And while most kingdoms relied upon mercenary armies between Machiavelliamp39s ...
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2. Decline of Sparta
   ... its failure to modify the rigid Lycurgan system, its tactical naivete, its failure to adapt when opponents began hiring mercenary armies, its wrongdoing, its ...
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3. Comparing and Contrasting two World Famous Political Theorists
   ... And if a prince holds on to his state by means of mercenary armies, he will never be stable or secure for they are disunited, ambitious, without discipline ...
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4. The Prince: Attributes and Issues of Concern
   ... Finally, mixed armies, which are part mercenary and part national, are by far superior to mercenary or auxiliary armies alone. However, native troo ...
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5. Machiavelliamp39s The Prince
   ... of Machiavelli\amp39s advice became outdated long ago partly because of his recommendations for example, few if any nations today depend on mercenary armies. ...
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6. Fidel Castro Machiavelliamp39s Cuban Prince
   ... made up of. He soundly criticises the use of mercenary armies. He describes mercenaries as ampquotuseless and dangerousampquot. Fidel Castroamp39s ...
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7. The Prince
   ... Although mercenary armies were common during this period, he preferred to rely on the conscription of native troops to ensure a permanent and patriotic defense ...
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8. Europe
   ... In the 14th century, however, the notion of the lordamp39s army consisting of vassals became obsolete with the onset of mercenary armies and the formation of towns ...
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9. What were the Crusades
   ... Actually, it ended comically: the opposing mercenary armies became tired of fighting and fell asleep in their tracks on the battlefield, while the opposing ...
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10. The Twenty Years War
    ... so be it.ampquot Christian XIamp39 s Protestant armies were decisively beaten by the Catholic imperial army led by Albert of Wallerstein, a mercenary general who had ...
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11. Worl war 1
    ... Soon after they faced naval rivalry ampamp growing mercenary with Germany ... His plan was that German armies were to crush France in a campaign by going through Belgium ...
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12. The Thirty Years War
    ... The army was under the German mercenary general, Count Ernst Von Mansfeld. ... forces of Frederick V found themselves opposed by two Catholic armies, the Spanish ...
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13. Hannibal
    ... Before the Carthaginian armies could meet, Hasdrubalamp39s army was defeated at Metaurus ... Hannibal was now deficient in cavalry the mercenary troops of his front ...
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14. Barbarization of Roman Army
    ... change. The army went from using German mercenary units as extra troops to the barbarians becoming the backbone of later armies . Was ...
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15. Barbarization of the Roman Army
    ... change. The army went from using German mercenary units as extra troops to the barbarians becoming the backbone of later armies . Was ...
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16. Alexander the Greatamp39s Last Plans Before His Death
    ... Alexander the Greats\amp39 achievement in controlling huge armies, establishing his rule on ... the culture of nations conquered by him and used mercenary soldiers for ...
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17. The Prince
    ... Princes need to have strong armies and those who do not need strong defenses ... Machiavelli considers mercenary and auxiliary troops to be useless and dangerous. ...
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18. Niccolo Machiavelli
    ... If the mercenary is good you can be sure he will aspire to become greater than ... Through history it seems that only princes with standing armies make any leeway. ...
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19. Engineering in the World between 10001500
    ... Armies could force their way into a castle three ways. ... With no more feudal obligations it was necessary to use mercenary soldiers instead of knights and castle ...
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20. Mores Utopia
    ... on the protection of the nations in terms of weapons and training of armies, the Utopians ... an ideal way of life, but the reality is that no mercenary will fight ...
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21. Alexander the Great
    ... In the same aspect that most of our armies of today say prayers for ... With him were the Athenian mercenary commanders Ephialtes and Thrasybulos, two men who had ...
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22. Feudalism: Europe vs. Japan
    ... However, the biggest of these armies was only 80 to 90 knights. ... an army for the king, the lords gave him money called scutage to hire his own mercenary army. ...
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23. Germany
    ... they agreed on this, they were bitter enemies, with rival armies of citizen ... We demand abolition of the mercenary troops and formation of a national army.ampquot Of ...
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24. Knights
    ... To combat these invasions, these kingdoms formed armies of peasants and tenant farmers. ... One was the more traditional one and the other was a mercenary. ...
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25. ancient governmental standards
    ... Its armies were comprised of Roman men, fighting to protect their home. ... spread throughout the bureaucracy, the increasing dependence on mercenary soldiers and ...
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26. The Impact of the Renaissance on Three European Countries
    ... alone could tariff the taxes needed to pay for new arms and mercenary soldiers ... of the nationamp39s growing strength and internal security to lead armies into Italy ...
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