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Desertion : trust and mistrust in civil wars /

"Delving deeply into the Spanish Civil War, as well as the civil war in Syria, this book examines the world of combatants in military units, with their comrades and commanders and argues that bonds of trust among combatants keep them fighting, that mistrust pushes them to leave, and that belief...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McLauchlin, Theodore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Slipping away
  • Trust, mistrust and desertion in civil wars
  • Desertion in Civil War Spain: background and research design
  • Demonstrated valor and loyalty: norms of cooperation and desertion at the micro level
  • "Collateral damage": coercion and desertion at the micro level
  • Varieties of voluntarism: the Spanish Republic, summer-fall
  • Desertion in a changing army: the Popular Army of the Republic, Fall 1936-
  • Cohesion, coercion and desertion in Franco's army
  • Trust, mistrust and desertion in the armies of Syria
  • Conclusion: desertion, armed groups, and civil wars.