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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Malet (Director of Security Policy Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.004kg ISBN: 9780190691899ISBN 10: 0190691891 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 11 May 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1: Why We Fight (Elsewhere) 2: A History of Foreign Fighters 3: The Texas Revolution (1835-1836) 4: The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) 5: The Israeli War of Independence (1947-1949) 6: Afghanistan (1978-1992) and Beyond Conclusion: Responses to Transnational Insurgency Appendix A: Development of the Term Foreign Fighter Appendix B: Observation Set Coding BibliographyReviews[A] thorough exploration of why and how foreign fighters get involved in wars far away from their homes... Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs ...undoubtedly offers important insights for policymakers, military strategists and scholars alike. Ilana Rothkopf, LSE Review of Books In Malet's view, modern transnational jihadist fighters are part of a long historical tradition that includes Communists like Che Guevara and William Alexander Morgan who fought in the Cuban Revolution, Zionists like future haircare pioneer Vidal Sassoon who fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, anti-fascists like Andre Malraux and George Orwell who fought in the Spanish Civil War, Americans like Davy Crockett who fought in the Texas Revolution, or nationalist romantics Lord Byron, who fought in the Greek War of Independence. Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy [A] thorough exploration of why and how foreign fighters get involved in wars far away from their homes... -- Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs ...undoubtedly offers important insights for policymakers, military strategists and scholars alike. -- Ilana Rothkopf, LSE Review of Books In Malet's view, modern transnational jihadist fighters are part of a long historical tradition that includes Communists like Che Guevara and William Alexander Morgan who fought in the Cuban Revolution, Zionists like future haircare pioneer Vidal Sassoon who fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, anti-fascists like Andre Malraux and George Orwell who fought in the Spanish Civil War, Americans like Davy Crockett who fought in the Texas Revolution, or nationalist romantics Lord Byron, who fought in the Greek War of Independence. -- Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy Author InformationDavid Malet is Director of the Security Policy Studies Program of the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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