African Americans in the Military
Air Aces/Forces
Air AcesForces
American Aid Workers
American Expeditionary Force
American Women in Munitions Factories
and Other Troops of the Commonwealth
Australian
Bicycle Troops
British-Indian Involvement in World War II
Canadian
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German Americans
Medal Winners
Medical Personnel
Nurses and Hospital Personnel
Radical Groups and Pacifists
Shock Troops
Submariners
Tank Corps Personnel
Troops Fighting in the Colonies
U-boat and Anti-U-boat Personnel
Victims of Gas Attacks
Women
Product details
- ISBN 9781851095650
- Weight: 794g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2005
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This captivating collection of first-hand accounts brings to life the "War to End All Wars."
Personal Perspectives: World War I offers a unique and unprecedented view of the Great War through the experiences of its participants—people of all ranks and races. Focusing on 12 major groups, essays by top international scholars put readers directly into the lives of victims of gas attacks, women factory workers, African American soldiers, pacifists, medical personnel, and other groups both on the battlefield and home front.
Of interest to both students and nonexperts, the work tells the stories of soldiers who suffered in the trenches, U-boat and anti–U-boat personnel, German Americans in the United States, and women activists like Florence Jaffrey Harriman. Through the perspectives of commanders, captives, civilians, and social workers, readers will learn why British soldiers in the Netherlands were called "maiden robbers," how the YMCA set up huts to care for prisoners in POW camps, and how efforts to entertain U.S. troops led to the the largest theatrical enterprise in history.
Timothy C. Dowling, Ph.D., is assistant professor of history at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA. His published works include ABC-CLIO's Personal Perspectives: World War II.
