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

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, mili...

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Main Author: Arielli, Nir (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2018]
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Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Sep 2018)
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780674982208