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Transnational soldiers : foreign military enlistment in the modern era, edited by Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
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- Summary
- Warfare in the modern era has often been described in terms of national armies fighting national wars. This volume challenges the view by examining transnational aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Truly global in scope, it offers an alternative way of reading the military history of the last 250 years.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 263 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: transnational military service since the eighteenth century / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Re-examining the decline of mercenary armies, 1776-1815
- Desperate for soldiers: the recruitment of German prisoners of war during the American War of Independence, 1776-1783 / Daniel Krebs
- German auxiliary troops in the British and Dutch East India Companies / Chen Tzoref Ashkenazi
- The politics of foreign recruitment in Britain during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars / Kevin Linch
- Colonial military mobilization
- The military marketplace in India, 1840-60 / Bruce Collins
- Recruitment policies and recruitment experiences in the French Foreign legion / Christian Koller
- "They had the sea in their blood": Caymanian naval volunteers in the Second World War / Daniel Spence 132
- After empire: flows of military talent
- From imperial soldiers to national guardians: German and Lithuanian volunteers after the Great War, 1918-1919 / Tomas Balkelis
- Transnational flows of military talent: the contrasting experiences of Burma and Thailand since the 1940s / Nicholas Farrelly
- Of local identities and transnational conflict: the Katangese gendarmes and central-southern Africa's forty-years war, 1960-1999 / Miles Larmer
- Ideology, adventure, coercion
- "Strangers, mercenaries, heretics, scoffers, polluters": volunteering for the British auxiliary legion in Spain, 1835 / Martin Robson
- British red shirts: a history of the Garibaldi volunteers (1860) / Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe
- Getting there: enlistment considerations and the recruitment networks of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War / Nir Arielli
- Fighting in three uniforms: Soviet POWs in World War Two / Dónal O'Sullivan
- Conclusions
- Jihadists, diasporas and professional contractors: the resurgence of non-state recruitment since the 1980s / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Isbn
- 9780230319684
- Label
- Transnational soldiers : foreign military enlistment in the modern era
- Title
- Transnational soldiers
- Title remainder
- foreign military enlistment in the modern era
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Warfare in the modern era has often been described in terms of national armies fighting national wars. This volume challenges the view by examining transnational aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Truly global in scope, it offers an alternative way of reading the military history of the last 250 years.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Arielli, Nir
- Dewey number
- 355.3
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Collins, Bruce
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- Foreign enlistment
- Mercenary troops
- Military history, Modern
- Summary expansion
- The history of military mobilization does not fit neatly into national boxes, not even in the modern era. The traditional military history narrative, at least as far as Europe is concerned, sees the French Revolution as an important turning point in the 'nationalization' of military service. The essays in this volume seek to challenge this view by examining largely overlooked aspects of military mobilization from the eighteenth century to the present. Whether as colonial troops, ideological volunteers, mercenaries, adventurers or soldiers who were recruited in prisoner of war camps, men and women have often found themselves fighting for a country other than their own. On numerous occasions, pressing wartime needs have compelled states to turn to transnational recruitment. At the same time, the willingness of individuals to commit to cross-border military service has endured despite the advent of nation-states; a trend that could become more prevalent in the twenty-first century
- Label
- Transnational soldiers : foreign military enlistment in the modern era, edited by Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- txt
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- Contents
- Introduction: transnational military service since the eighteenth century / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins -- Re-examining the decline of mercenary armies, 1776-1815 -- Desperate for soldiers: the recruitment of German prisoners of war during the American War of Independence, 1776-1783 / Daniel Krebs -- German auxiliary troops in the British and Dutch East India Companies / Chen Tzoref Ashkenazi -- The politics of foreign recruitment in Britain during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars / Kevin Linch -- Colonial military mobilization -- The military marketplace in India, 1840-60 / Bruce Collins -- Recruitment policies and recruitment experiences in the French Foreign legion / Christian Koller -- "They had the sea in their blood": Caymanian naval volunteers in the Second World War / Daniel Spence 132 -- After empire: flows of military talent -- From imperial soldiers to national guardians: German and Lithuanian volunteers after the Great War, 1918-1919 / Tomas Balkelis -- Transnational flows of military talent: the contrasting experiences of Burma and Thailand since the 1940s / Nicholas Farrelly -- Of local identities and transnational conflict: the Katangese gendarmes and central-southern Africa's forty-years war, 1960-1999 / Miles Larmer -- Ideology, adventure, coercion -- "Strangers, mercenaries, heretics, scoffers, polluters": volunteering for the British auxiliary legion in Spain, 1835 / Martin Robson -- British red shirts: a history of the Garibaldi volunteers (1860) / Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe -- Getting there: enlistment considerations and the recruitment networks of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War / Nir Arielli -- Fighting in three uniforms: Soviet POWs in World War Two / Dónal O'Sullivan -- Conclusions -- Jihadists, diasporas and professional contractors: the resurgence of non-state recruitment since the 1980s / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Control code
- FIEb17317733
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 263 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230319684
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)802321053
- Label
- Transnational soldiers : foreign military enlistment in the modern era, edited by Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: transnational military service since the eighteenth century / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins -- Re-examining the decline of mercenary armies, 1776-1815 -- Desperate for soldiers: the recruitment of German prisoners of war during the American War of Independence, 1776-1783 / Daniel Krebs -- German auxiliary troops in the British and Dutch East India Companies / Chen Tzoref Ashkenazi -- The politics of foreign recruitment in Britain during the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars / Kevin Linch -- Colonial military mobilization -- The military marketplace in India, 1840-60 / Bruce Collins -- Recruitment policies and recruitment experiences in the French Foreign legion / Christian Koller -- "They had the sea in their blood": Caymanian naval volunteers in the Second World War / Daniel Spence 132 -- After empire: flows of military talent -- From imperial soldiers to national guardians: German and Lithuanian volunteers after the Great War, 1918-1919 / Tomas Balkelis -- Transnational flows of military talent: the contrasting experiences of Burma and Thailand since the 1940s / Nicholas Farrelly -- Of local identities and transnational conflict: the Katangese gendarmes and central-southern Africa's forty-years war, 1960-1999 / Miles Larmer -- Ideology, adventure, coercion -- "Strangers, mercenaries, heretics, scoffers, polluters": volunteering for the British auxiliary legion in Spain, 1835 / Martin Robson -- British red shirts: a history of the Garibaldi volunteers (1860) / Marcella Pellegrino Sutcliffe -- Getting there: enlistment considerations and the recruitment networks of the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War / Nir Arielli -- Fighting in three uniforms: Soviet POWs in World War Two / Dónal O'Sullivan -- Conclusions -- Jihadists, diasporas and professional contractors: the resurgence of non-state recruitment since the 1980s / Nir Arielli and Bruce Collins
- Control code
- FIEb17317733
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 263 pages
- Isbn
- 9780230319684
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)802321053
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