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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 2: The motivations and experiences of foreign fighters

‘Me among the Turks?’: Western commanders in the Late Ottoman Army and their self-narratives

Houssine AlloulHistory Department, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 88-110 | Received 20 Mar 2019, Accepted 23 Dec 2019, Published online: 06 Mar 2020

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