TY - BOOK ID - 78144252 TI - Ethnic armies : polyethnic armed forces from the time of the Habsburgs to the age of the superpowers AU - Dreisziger, N. F. AU - Military History Symposium (Canada) PY - 1990 SN - 1554586739 0889208271 9780889208278 0889209936 1554584639 PB - Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sociologie militaire KW - Groupes ethniques KW - Forces armees KW - Sociology, Military KW - Ethnic groups KW - Armed Forces KW - Armed Services KW - Military, The KW - Military art and science KW - Disarmament KW - Congres. KW - Histoire KW - Congresses. KW - History KW - Fighting KW - Military power KW - Military science KW - Warfare KW - Warfare, Primitive KW - Naval art and science KW - War KW - Minorities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78144252 AB - Ethnic Armies is a combination of essays focused on the subject of polyethnic armed forces from the time of the Habsburgs to the age of the superpowers and is a publication of the proceedings of the thirteenth Military History Symposium, held at the Royal Military College of Canada in March 1986. Multi-ethnic armed forces have existed since ancient times. The armies of the ancient empires of the Middle East, of the Roman Emperors, and the Mongol Khans, all tended to be conglomerations of diverse ethnic, religious, or racial groups. ER -