From Byron to bin Laden

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From Byron to bin Laden is written by Nir Arielli and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674982231 (ISBN 10) and 9780674982239 (ISBN 13).

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.