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100	1		_aALBRECHT Holger
700			_aKOEHLER Kevin
245			_aGoing on the run: _bwhat drives military desertion in civil war?/ _c Holger Albrecht
260			_c2018
520			_aUnder which circumstances do soldiers and officers desert in a violent domestic conflict? This article studies individual military insubordination in the Syrian civil war, drawing on interviews with deserters from the Syrian army now based in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. A plausibility probe of existing explanations reveals that desertion opportunities originating in conflict events and the presence of safe-havens fail to explain individual deserters' decision making. Accounting for socio-psychological factors-moral grievances and fear-generates more promising results for an inquiry into the conditions under which military personnel desert. While moral concerns with continued military service contribute to accumulating grievances among military members engaged in the civil war, fear-that is, soldiers' concerns for their own safety-is a more effective triggering cause of desertion. The article presents a theory-generating case study on the causes of military insubordination and disintegration during violent conflict.
650			_aCIVIL WAR
650			_aSYRIA
650			_aMIDDLE EAST _xCONFLICT
650			_aMILITARY _xDESERTION
773			_aSecurity Studies : _gVol.27, No 2, April-June 2018, pp.179-203 (118)
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2017.1386931 _zClick here for text
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