Welcome to Hotel Helvetia! Friedrich Wüthrich’s Illicit Mercenary Trade Network for the Dutch East Indies, 1858-1890

Because of limited human resources at home, the Dutch colonial army recruited up to forty percent of its soldiers outside of the Netherlands. This demand for mercenaries opened up a number of opportunities and challenges for non-Dutch European actors in a transnational military labour market. Among...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philipp Krauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2019-09-01
Series:BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
Online Access:https://ojs.minions.amsterdam/article/view/6978