From Byron to bin Laden :: a history of foreign war volunteers /
What makes people fight and risk their lives for a country other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as the poet Lord Byron, the writer George Orwell, the Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara, and the young Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden all turn to foreign military service? From Byro...
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| Zusammenfassung: | What makes people fight and risk their lives for a country other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as the poet Lord Byron, the writer George Orwell, the Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara, and the young Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden all turn to foreign military service? From Byron to bin Laden makes a historian's examines the phenomenon of war volunteers who have travelled abroad to fight on the basis of a personal decision, without being sent by their governments and not strictly for the sake of material gain. Although fighting for very different causes, these volunteers shared a number of commonalities; they tended to superimpose their beliefs and perceptions on the wars they joined, while a personal search for meaning invariably underlined their actions. Through a comprehensive study of the history of foreign volunteering from the wars of the French Revolution to the present, the book opens up a broad range of questions that relate to individual motivations, ideology, gender, state-citizen relations, international law, military significance, radicalization and the memory of war.-- |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (295 pages) |
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| spelling | Arielli, Nir, 1975- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHFwyqvf6pqMQ6m76Rc8C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010012989 From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / Nir Arielli. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018. 1 online resource (295 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier What makes people fight and risk their lives for a country other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as the poet Lord Byron, the writer George Orwell, the Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara, and the young Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden all turn to foreign military service? From Byron to bin Laden makes a historian's examines the phenomenon of war volunteers who have travelled abroad to fight on the basis of a personal decision, without being sent by their governments and not strictly for the sake of material gain. Although fighting for very different causes, these volunteers shared a number of commonalities; they tended to superimpose their beliefs and perceptions on the wars they joined, while a personal search for meaning invariably underlined their actions. Through a comprehensive study of the history of foreign volunteering from the wars of the French Revolution to the present, the book opens up a broad range of questions that relate to individual motivations, ideology, gender, state-citizen relations, international law, military significance, radicalization and the memory of war.-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Only a nation in arms? "foreigners" in military service before 1815 -- Attractive conflicts: the changing ideological landscape -- A search for meaning: deciphering motivations -- Thoughts of home: a typology of volunteer-state relations -- Controlling the flow: governmental responses, legislation, and support networks -- Winning wars? assessing military significance -- The dark side: troublemakers, soldiers of misfortune, and terrorists -- Links in a chain: memory and myth. Print version record. Foreign enlistment History. Military service, Voluntary History. Soldiers Psychology. Enrôlement à l'étranger Histoire. Service militaire volontaire Histoire. HISTORY Military Other. bisacsh TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies General. bisacsh Foreign enlistment fast Military service, Voluntary fast Soldiers Psychology fast Söldner gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4055364-4 Freiwilliger gnd Krieg gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4033114-3 Motivation gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4040364-6 Electronic books. History fast has work: From Byron to bin Laden (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGrYxd7xrVwptb7XhdVHRX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Arielli, Nir, 1975- From Byron to bin Laden. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018 9780674979567 (DLC) 2017017573 (OCoLC)990141177 |
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| title | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / |
| title_auth | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / |
| title_exact_search | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / |
| title_full | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / Nir Arielli. |
| title_fullStr | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / Nir Arielli. |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers / Nir Arielli. |
| title_short | From Byron to bin Laden : |
| title_sort | from byron to bin laden a history of foreign war volunteers |
| title_sub | a history of foreign war volunteers / |
| topic | Foreign enlistment History. Military service, Voluntary History. Soldiers Psychology. Enrôlement à l'étranger Histoire. Service militaire volontaire Histoire. HISTORY Military Other. bisacsh TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. bisacsh POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies General. bisacsh Foreign enlistment fast Military service, Voluntary fast Soldiers Psychology fast Söldner gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4055364-4 Freiwilliger gnd Krieg gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4033114-3 Motivation gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4040364-6 |
| topic_facet | Foreign enlistment History. Military service, Voluntary History. Soldiers Psychology. Enrôlement à l'étranger Histoire. Service militaire volontaire Histoire. HISTORY Military Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies General. Foreign enlistment Military service, Voluntary Soldiers Psychology Söldner Freiwilliger Krieg Motivation Electronic books. History |
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