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BL
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728536
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b548288
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| Main Entry
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Vron Ware.
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| Title & Author
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Military migrants : : fighting for YOUR country\ Vron Ware.
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| Publication Statement
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[Basingstoke]: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
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| Series Statement
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Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
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| Page. NO
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(xxiii, 325 pages) : illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1137010037
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: 1349436240
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: 9781137010032
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: 9781349436248
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| Contents
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1. Introduction: For Queen and Commonwealth --;Part I. Recruitement: 2. The race to recruit; 3. The promised land --;Part II. Culture: 4. Culture shock; 5. Keeping the faith --;Part III. Racism: 6. Crossing the line; The force of the law --;Part IV. Migration: 8. Like coming to Mars; 9. Caught in the crossfire; 10. Conclusion: militarised multiculture.
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| Abstract
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This is the first book to examine "migrant-soldiers' in the British army and places the phenomenon of Britain's multicultural army in relation to British culture, history and nationalism. It also explores the impact of war on UK society during the 21st Century
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Minorities.
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Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation -- Great Britain.
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War and society -- Great Britain.
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| LC Classification
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UA649.V766 2012
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| Added Entry
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Vron Ware
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