Combatants of Muslim origin in European armies in the twentieth century : far from jihad /

During the two World Wars that marked the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of non-European combatants fought in the ranks of various European armies. The majority of these soldiers were Muslims from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent. How are these combatan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Branche, Raphaëlle (Editor), Drieu, Cloé (Editor), Bougarel, Xavier (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Armies > Europe > History > 20th century.
Muslim soldiers > Europe > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Muslim.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Muslim.
Sociology, Military > Europe > History > 20th century.
Armées > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Militaires musulmans > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sociologie militaire > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Military history.
European history.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Armed Forces.
Armies.
Muslim soldiers.
Sociology, Military.
Europe > Armed Forces > History > 20th century.
Europe > Forces armées > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Algerians in the French Army, 1914-1918 : from military integration to the dawn of Algerian patriotism / Gilbert Meynier
  • Feeding Muslim troops during the First World War / Emmanuelle Cronier
  • Muslim Askaris in the colonial troops of German East Africa, 1889-1918 / Tanja Bührer
  • Turkic muslims in the Russian Army : from the beginning of the First World War to the Revolution of 1917 / Salavat M. Iskhakov
  • Between "non-Russian nationalities" and Muslim identity : perceptions and self-perceptions of Soviet Central Asian Soldiers in the Red Army, 1941-1945 / Kiril Feferman
  • Islam, a "convenient religion"? the case of the 13th SS Division Handschar / Xavier Bougarel
  • The officer for Muslim military affairs in the First French Army, 1944-1945 : an agent of control or an intermediary? / Claire Miot
  • Haunted by jinns. Dealing with war neuroses among Muslim soldiers during the Second World War / Julie Le Gac
  • "Allah might provide the fuel" : Muslim sailors in British colonial navies, from the Second World War to independence / Daniel Owen Spence.

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