Fighting for a Living

Fighting for a Living investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last 500 years. It does so on the basis of a wide range of case studies taken from Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East...

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Other Authors: Zürcher, Erik-Jan (Editor)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2013
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