War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War
Nima Rezaei
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Description for War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War
Hardcover. 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. Editor(s): Kruger, Christine G.; Levsen, Sonja. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBW; JWT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
297
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230228054
SKU
V9780230228054
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Nima Rezaei
RÜDIGER BERGIEN Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany THOMAS HIPPLER Lecturer, Institute for Political Studies, Lyon, France MICHAEL HOCHGESCHWENDER Professor of American History, University of Munich, Germany LEIGHTON S. JAMES Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Swansea, UK AXEL JANSEN Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of History, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany JUDITH KEENE Associate Professor in History, ... Read more
Reviews for War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War
'...offers a hitherto unexplored comparative perspective on war volunteering and thus should be read by anyone who is interested in the modern history of military mobilization.' -Journal of Contemporary History