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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arielli, Nir, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Temas:
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.
Söldner
Freiwilliger
Krieg.
Motivation
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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