The comparative study of conscription in the armed forces

This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; conscrip...

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Other Authors Mjøset, Lars, Van Holde, Stephen
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; New York : JAI, c2002.
SeriesComparative social research ; v. 20.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849501316
1849501319
9780762308361
0762308362
ISSN0195-6310 ;
DOI10.1016/S0195-6310(2002)20
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 424 p.) : ill.

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