Arming the State: Military Conscription in the Middle East and Central Asia, 1775-1925

by Erik-Jan Zürcher

Universal conscription has been the main form of military recruitment in the 19th and 20th centuries. In central Asia and the Middle East it has been ruthlessly imposed on agrarian and undeveloped societies, with little regard for individual interest, economic disruption, or intense local resistance. Providing a study of conscription, this work includes contributions from social and political historians on a subject traditionally covered by military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186064404X
• ISBN13: 9781860644047
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"