From Byron To Bin Laden: A History Of Foreign War Volunteers

What makes people fight for countries other than their own? Nir Arielli offers a wide-ranging history of foreign-war volunteers, from the French Revolution to Syria. Challenging notions of foreign fighters as a security problem, Arielli explores motivations, ideology, gender, international law, military significance, and the memory of war.

• | Author: Nir Arielli
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 08, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 0674979567
• | ISBN-13: 9780674979567