From Byron to bin Laden : a history of foreign war volunteers /

What makes people fight and risk their lives for a country other than their own? Why did diverse individuals such as the poet Lord Byron, the writer George Orwell, the Argentinean revolutionary Che Guevara and the young Saudi extremist Osama bin Laden all turn to foreign military service? From Byron...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Arielli, Nir, 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Foreign enlistment > History. Military service, Voluntary > History. Soldiers > Psychology.