Ethnic armies : polyethnic armed forces from the time of the Habsburgs to the age of the superpowers / N.F. Dreisziger, editor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Dreisziger, N. F. (Nándor F.)

Conference Name:

Military History Symposium (Canada) (13th : 1986 : Royal Military College)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Minorities--History--Congresses.

Armed Forces.

Ethnic groups--Congresses.

Ethnic groups.

Sociology, Military--Congresses.

Sociology, Military.

Armed Forces--Minorities.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 202 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©1990.

Contents:

Polyethnicity and armed forces : an introduction / N.F. Dreisziger with R.A. Preston

The ethnic question in the multinational Habsburg army, 1848-1918 / István Deák

Race, ethnicity, and social class in the French Colonial army : the Black African Tirailleurs, 1857-1958 / Myron Echenberg

The American army and the Indian / Bruce White

Race and the American military : past and present / Edwin Dorn

"Brotherhood in arms" : the ethnic factor in the Soviet armed forces / Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone

Bilingualism and multiculturalism in the Canadian armed forces / Richard A. Preston

The unwelcome sacrifice : a Black unit in the Canadian expeditionary force, 1917-19 / John G. Armstrong.

Notes:

"Papers presented at the 13th RMC Military History Symposium held at the Royal Military College in late Mar. 1986"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0889209936

9780889209930

OCLC:

24321344