Desertion : trust and mistrust in civil wars /
Theodore McLauchlin.
Bok Engelsk 2021
| Omfang | 1 online resource (280 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Previously issued in print: 2020.. - Slipping away -- Trust, mistrust and desertion in civil wars -- Desertion in Civil War Spain: background and research design -- Demonstrated valor and loyalty: norms of cooperation and desertion at the micro level -- "Collateral damage": coercion and desertion at the micro level -- Varieties of voluntarism: the Spanish Republic, summer-fall -- Desertion in a changing army: the Popular Army of the Republic, Fall 1936- -- Cohesion, coercion and desertion in Franco's army -- Trust, mistrust and desertion in the armies of Syria -- Conclusion: desertion, armed groups, and civil wars.. - Theodore McLauchlin's 'Desertion' examines the personal and political factors behind soldiers' choices to stay in their unit or abandon their cause. He explores what might spur widespread desertion in a given group, how some armed groups manage to keep their soldiers fighting over long periods, and how committed soldiers are to their causes and their comrades.. - Specialized.
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| ISBN | 1-5017-5294-4
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