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A Double-Edged Sword: Bandits in the Javanese Revolution: Foes or Friends?

open access: yesJurnal Sejarah Citra Lekha
This research is based on a fundamental question: what was the position of bandits in the Javanese Revolution? Banditry is a social phenomenon connected to crime, the history of the Indonesian Revolution, and the social history of Indonesian society ...
Anung Jati Nugraha Mukti
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Historical Legacies: A Model Linking Africa's Past to its Current Underdevelopment [PDF]

open access: yes
Recent studies have found evidence linking Africa’s current underdevelopment to colonial rule and the slave trade. Given that these events ended long ago, why do they continue to matter today?
Nathan Nunn
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Mali: how bad can it get? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups of young people sitting on street corners, in front of houses, or in courtyards across West Africa. There will inevitably be a little radio, playing music and broadcasting news.
Lecocq, Baz, Mann, Gregory
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Safeguarding Nigeria: strategies for combating insurgency and terrorism

open access: yesLaw and Safety
The paper appraises the strategic responses by Nigeria’s government to the intractable difficulties posed by insurgency, banditry, and terrorism experienced largely in its northern parts, identifying key initiatives such as the establishment of the 7th ...
O. O. Awotayo   +2 more
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Training of military personnel for the Red Army in Volsk during the Civil War (1918–1922) [PDF]

open access: yesИзвестия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: История. Международные отношения
The article examines the history of military educational institutions evacuated to the city of Volsk during the Civil War. The role of the Volsky machine gun courses and the Kronstadt diving school in the training of commanders for the Red Army and the ...
Azin, Vladimir S.
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Where have the rebels gone? Interview with Eric Hobsbawm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Fifty years after his pioneering books on rebellion and social banditry, Eric Hobsbawm explains why he always paid close attention to “uncommon people” and popular forms of revolt, and analyses how globalization has triggered off new political ...
Delalande, Nicolas   +2 more
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Prevalence and Correlates of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder among Victims of Banditry Living in Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Sokoto State, Nigeria

open access: yesNigerian Journal of Medicine
Background: Banditry and armed violence have severe psychological consequences, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and psychosis.
Abdullahi Akilu   +5 more
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NKVD–MVD–MGB internal military forces of USSR on the territory of the Soviet Baltic in 1944–1953: institutional aspects of activity

open access: yesВестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2019
The relevance of the study is due to the fact that at present, not only in the Baltics, but also in our country, there are many negative interpretations of the 1944–1953 events, which took place in the Baltic region.
V. N. Bugayev
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