Deserters
Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission (a pass, liberty or leave) and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave (AWOL ), which are temporary forms of absence.
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Wilson Center Canada · 19 March 2024 English
restore the country to the path of democracy, Compared to historical outbreaks of fighting in ensure the release of political prisoners, hold Myanmar’s long-running civil war, this moment the military …
funding and 9) drone jamming technology. for deserters and defectors from the military, as well as assistance …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 7 July 2023 English
A diverse group of seven writers comes together to create seven tender scenes about their hopes for the future. "The seven of us, a diverse group of elders, have endured, …
flamboyant one. NORMA JEAN: Draft-dodgers and deserters are flooding into Canada. Approximately 125,000 …
UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 14 April 2023 English
A celebration of cultural inheritance and the evolution of language. Mapping the language, literature, and history of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants, this collection, translated and expanded for English-speaking audiences, …
decide whether these emigrants will be rebuked as deserters or praised for emancipating themselves, or if …
30 August 2022 English
This collection of poems is a meditation on my childhood, my parents, and my evolving relationships with them across my life. It reflects the impact of World War Two and …
on a jar of marmalade, No ration tickets for deserters. Forging a signature to rent a room, Inventing …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 December 2021 English
Between 1917 and 1923, invasion, revolution, war, and grim living conditions claimed unimaginable numbers of Ukrainian lives. Velychenko examines the social background to the political history of revolutionary Ukraine, documenting …
and death. Rival partisan units and gangs of deserters or criminals meant that death for civilians behind …
AUP: Athabasca University Press · 25 November 2021 English
“The chapters of Bucking Conservatism recall the ‘Long Sixties’ as a time of small, diverse eruptions, often local ones, through which Albertans asserted rights, opened day care centres, stood down …
of an untold number of US draft dodgers and deserters fleeing war, racism, and state repression. More …
Wilson Center Canada · 20 July 2021 English
During the Chávez period, a fifth force, the Bolivarian Militia, was created with its own chain of command that by-passed the military high command and the Ministry of Defense and …
Desertions are reportedly frequent, and some deserters are joining the outflow of refugees from Venezuela …
FLA: Flanker Press · 31 March 2021 English
Rough Justice is a history of policing and crime in early Newfoundland. It focuses on the period between the appointment of the first constables on the island in 1729 to …
................................ 221 Chasing Deserters: Constables and the Military ................ … as well as assisting the military in pursuing deserters and providing wartime security. These trends …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 18 February 2021 English
Civilians at the Sharp End follows the story of the Civil Affairs branch through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany in 1944–45. Borys demonstrates that while the Canadian Army was …
well, many groups consisted of Italian military deserters, escaped Allied pris- oners of war, even Yugoslavs …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 2021 English
Siege literature has existed since antiquity but has not always been understood as a crucial element of culture. Focusing on its magnetic force, Besieged brings to light its popularity and …
such inhuman criminals” (48). The “unnatural” deserters who returned as enemies were seen as extremely …
