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European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire Volume 27, 2020 - Issue 1-2: Foreign fighters and multinational armies: from civil conflicts to coalition wars, 1848-2015 / Combattants étrangers et armées multinationales : des conflits civils aux guerres de coalition, 1848-2015
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PART 1: The impact of foreign soldiers and foreign fighters over the longue durée

Foreign military labour in Europe’s transition to modernity

Peter H. WilsonAll Souls College, University of Oxford, United KingdomCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 12-32 | Received 10 Feb 2019, Accepted 27 Nov 2019, Published online: 06 Mar 2020

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