Combatants of Muslim origin in European armies in the twentieth century : far from jihad / edited by Xavier Bougarel, Raphaëlle Branche and Cloé Drieu.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Algerians in the French Army, 1914-1918 : from military integration to the dawn of Algerian patriotism / Gilbert Meynier -- Feeding Muslim troops during the First World War / Emmanuelle Cronier -- Muslim Askaris in the colonial troops of German East Africa, 1889-1918 / Tanja Bührer -- Turkic muslims in the Russian Army : from the beginning of the First World War to the Revolution of 1917 / Salavat M. Iskhakov -- Between "non-Russian nationalities" and Muslim identity : perceptions and self-perceptions of Soviet Central Asian Soldiers in the Red Army, 1941-1945 / Kiril Feferman -- Islam, a "convenient religion"? the case of the 13th SS Division Handschar / Xavier Bougarel -- The officer for Muslim military affairs in the First French Army, 1944-1945 : an agent of control or an intermediary? / Claire Miot -- Haunted by jinns. Dealing with war neuroses among Muslim soldiers during the Second World War / Julie Le Gac -- "Allah might provide the fuel" : Muslim sailors in British colonial navies, from the Second World War to independence / Daniel Owen Spence.

During the two World Wars that marked the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of non-European combatants fought in the ranks of various European armies. The majority of these soldiers were Muslims from North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent. How are these combatants considered in existing historiography? Over the past few decades, research on war has experienced a wide-reaching renewal, with increased emphasis on the social and cultural dimensions of war, and a desire to reconstruct the experience and viewpoint of the combatants themselves. This volume reintroduces the question of religious belonging and practice into the study of Muslim combatants in European armies in the 20th century, focusing on the combatants' viewpoint alongside that of the administrations and military hierarchy.

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