Foreign fighters : transnational identity in civil conflict /

MALET David

Foreign fighters : transnational identity in civil conflict / David Malet. - New York : Oxford University Press , 2013. - x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Study of how insurgencies recruit individuals from abroad who would seem to have no direct connection to the conflict. Following a general overview the book presents four specific instances from the early 19th century to the late 20th: The Texas Revolution, The Spanish Civil War, the Israeli War of Independence, and Afghanistan since 1978.

9780199939459 (hbk.) : USD49.95


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