Screen LibraryWar volunteering in modern times from the French Revolution to the Second World War /
Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteers in a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230290525 |
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Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteers in a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between war and society in modern times. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230228054, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 312 p. : 4 ill. |
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9780230228054 9780230290525 : 0230290523 : |
| CLC: | K15 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Volunteers, War and the Nation since the French Revolution-- C.G.Kruger & S.Levsen Volunteers of the French Revolutionary Wars: Myths and Reinterpretations-- T.Hippler For the Fatherland? The Motivations of Austrian and Prussian Volunteers during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars-- L.S.James '... so that people talk about Poland out loud again in the world today!' (Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz): Polish Volunteers in the Napoleonic Wars-- R.Leiserowitz Fag an Bealeagh: Irish Volunteers in the American Civil War-- M.Hochgeschwender 'A Race that is Thus Willing to Die for its |