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From Byron to bin Laden : A History of Foreign War Volunteers /

Arielli, Nir

From Byron to bin Laden : A History of Foreign War Volunteers / Nir Arielli. - 1 online resource (264 p.)

restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

What makes people fight for countries other than their own? Nir Arielli offers a wide-ranging history of foreign-war volunteers, from the French Revolution to Syria. Challenging notions of foreign fighters as a security problem, Arielli explores motivations, ideology, gender, international law, military significance, and the memory of war.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780674979567 9780674982208

10.4159/9780674982208 doi


Foreign enlistment--History.
Military service, Voluntary--History.
Soldiers--Psychology.
HISTORY / Military / General.

UB321 / .A75 2018eb

355.2/2362