Desertion : trust and mistrust in civil wars /
Delving deeply into the Spanish Civil War, as well as the civil war in Syria, this book examines the world of combatants in military units, with their comrades and commanders and argues that bonds of trust among combatants keep them fighting, that mistrust pushes them to leave and that beliefs about...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Delving deeply into the Spanish Civil War, as well as the civil war in Syria, this book examines the world of combatants in military units, with their comrades and commanders and argues that bonds of trust among combatants keep them fighting, that mistrust pushes them to leave and that beliefs about political commitments and the motivation to fight shape both. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501752940 1501752944 |