Mercenarism – a well forgotten past

... experience be applied to the current situation in Russia? In my opinion the modern world has returned to the XVI century in some respects. We are phasing out the overall conscription system and moving to a situation when the kings hired their armies. Professional army is the army of mercenaries. This means that again, as in XVI-XVII, the heads of the leading countries are staking on small contingents of armed professionals who are to carry out specific professional missions. The times when it was ...