Jay Mallin Sr
 Robert Scheina

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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This book is the first of its kind. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia of American citizens who, on their own, fought in military actions with or against foreign governments. It addresses sixty plus adventures and the Americans who were involved in them over a 200 year period. These actions took place in almost every decade of American history and on almost every continent and in over 25 nations. They included lone wolves (John Paul Jones), family affairs (the Porter Clan), and massive involvement (the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War). They fought in the jungle (William Walker in Nicaragua), the desert (the Escadrille de la Guarde Cherifienne in Morocco), and in the snow (Russo-Finnish War). Motivated by a mixture of profit, adventure, and patriotism, each was acting on his own without official approval of the American government.