Krüger Christine G., Levsen Sonja. War Volunteering in Modern Times: From the French Revolution to the Second World War

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — 309 p.Exploring volunteering as a characteristic of modern wars, this book examines why individuals go to war. It studies the motivations, social backgrounds and military experiences of war volunteers in a wide range of conflicts since the French Revolution, and helps to interpret the relationship between war and society in modern times.