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Mass Armies

Mass Armies is a military organizational model characterized by the large-scale conscription of civilian populations into national armed forces, distinguished from earlier professional or mercenary armies by its reliance on universal levy and patriotic mobilization to achieve unprecedented troop numbers in nineteenth-century European warfare.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Levée En MasseNation In Arms

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Publications

40

“Draining the Sea”: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare

Benjamin Valentino, Paul Huth, Dylan Balch-Lindsay · International Organization · 2004 · 685 citations

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Cyberwar is coming!

John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt · Comparative Strategy · 1993 · 321 citations

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Mercenaries: An African Security Dilemma

Gail M. Gerhart, Abdel–Fatau Musah, J. 'Kayode Fayemi · Foreign Affairs · 2001 · 189 citations

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The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871.

George O. Kent, Michael Howard · Military Affairs · 1962 · 141 citations

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Mercenaries and Their Masters: Warfare in Renaissance Italy

Tabea Zimmermann, M. E. Mallett · The American Historical Review · 1975 · 130 citations

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Authors

61

  1. MA
    M. Alpert

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  2. BV
    Benjamin Valentino

    Dartmouth College, United States

    1 publications · 685 citations

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  3. TZ
    Tabea Zimmermann

    1 publications · 130 citations

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  4. AF
    Alan Forrest

    University of York, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  5. PR
    Peter Roberts‎

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    720 citations

  2. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    86 citations

  3. Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  4. RAND Corporation

    Santa Monica, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    321 citations

  5. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées

    Toulouse, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

    Nantes, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Inserm

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 240 citations

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  2. War in History

    3 publications · 77 citations

    3

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  3. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 141 citations

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  4. Armed Forces & Society

    2 publications · 151 citations

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  5. The RUSI Journal

    2 publications · 62 citations

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