Combatants of Muslim Origin in European Armies in the Twentieth Century

Xavier Bougarel is a Research Fellow at the Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques, France.Raphaëlle Branche is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Rouen, France.Cloé Drieu is a Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, France.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction Xavier Bougarel (Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques, France), Raphaelle Branche (University of Rouen, France) and Cloé Drieu (French National Centre for Scientific Research, France).1. Algerians in the French Army, 1914-1918: From Military Integration to the Dawn of Algerian Patriotism Gilbert Meynier (Nancy II University, France)2. Feeding Muslim Troops during the First World War Emmanuelle Cronier (University of Picardie, France)3. Muslim Askaris in the Colonial Troops of German East Africa, 1889-1918 Tanja Bührer (University of Rostock, Germany)4. Turkic Muslims in the Russian Army: From the Beginning of the First World War to the Revolution of 1917 Salavat M. Iskhakov (Institute of Russian History, Russia)5. Between ‘Non-Russian Nationalities’ and Muslim Identity: Perceptions and Self-Perceptions of Soviet Central Asian Soldiers in the Red Army, 1941-1945 Kiril Feferman (USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, USA)6. Islam, a ‘Convenient Religion’? The Case of the 13th SS Division Handschar Xavier Bougarel (Centre d’Études Turques, Ottomanes, Balkaniques et Centrasiatiques, France)7. The Officer for Muslim Military Affairs in the First French Army, 1944-1945: An Agent of Control or an Intermediary? Claire Miot (Département de Sciences Sociales, École Normale Supérieure, France)8. Haunted by Jinns. Dealing with War Neuroses among Muslim Soldiers during the Second World War Julie Le Gac (University of Paris IV Sorbonne, France)9. ‘Allah Might Provide the Fuel’: Muslim Sailors in British Colonial Navies, from the Second World War to Independence Daniel Owen Spence (University of the Free State, South Africa)GlossaryIndex

Combatants of Muslim Origin in European Armies in the Twentieth Century is a welcome contribution to the study of the entangled military histories of Muslim and European societies. Its broad purview will benefit students and scholars interested in its subject matter … [Its] well-researched and enlightening essays are valuable both in themselves and as guideposts for future investigations.