Personal perspectives. World War I / Timothy C. Dowling, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dowling, Timothy C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

xii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title:

World War I

World War 1

World War One

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2006]

Summary:

It was the world's first "total war," fought with terrifying new technologies and claiming ten million lives. It was when the term "home front" was coined, as for the first time the families and civilians behind came to be actively involved in the conflict in their own right. Now the awesome experience of World War I comes to life in this innovative volume, which offers an unprecedented portrait of the conflict through the eyes, ears, and voices of the soldiers, civilians, and families caught up in it.

With compelling immediacy, Personal Perspectives: World War I lets the everyday people drawn into the war speak for themselves. The essays here put readers directly into the lives of soldiers under attack in the trenches, women working in factories, African American soldiers, pacifists, medical personnel, and other groups both on the battlefield and at home. The variety and depth of the experiences recounted here will enrich anyone's understanding not just of one war but of all armed conflicts.

Contents:

The African-American experience in World War I

"Over the dirty waters" : the experience of British Indians in World War I

The war on the periphery : the experience of soldiers fighting in European colonies, 1914-1918

"In a stupid cap and grey jacket" : soldiers' experiences of World War I in the neutral Netherlands

"Good luck ... dig in!" : the experience of trench warfare during World War I

Victims of a greenish cloud : the experience of a gas attack during World War I

"Like getting into the witch's oven" : the experience of tank combat in World War I

Life in a tin can : the experience of submarine personnel during World War I

"It's only the ones that might live who count" : Allied medical personnel during World War I

"Service for soldiers" : the experience of American social welfare agencies in World War I

Prisoners of war in the World War I : British and allied civilian internees at Ruhleben Camp, Germany

Mothers, wives, workers, and more : the experience of American women on the home front during World War I

Struggling not to fight : the experience of radicals and pacifists during World War I.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-336) and index.

ISBN:

1851095659

1851095705

OCLC:

61761656