Pursuit of an '"unparalleled opportunity" : the American YMCA and prisoner-of-war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 /
Kenneth Steuer.
Bok Engelsk 2009 Kenneth. Steuer
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| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , c2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xi, 440 p. )
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| Opplysninger | "www.gutenberg-e.org.". - Partial representation of a multimedia work of the same title published in the Gutenberg-e online history series by Columbia University Press.. - "Evangelizing the world in a generation" -- "An unparalleled opportunity for service" -- The U.S. government and prisoner-of-war responsibilities -- "For the millions of men now under arms" -- Association POW diplomacy extends to Eastern and Southern Europe -- "In prison, ye visited me" -- Coordinating war prisoner relief -- Instituting the association's four-fold program in prison camps -- The American YMCA and WPA operations in Austria-Hungary -- Successful world's alliance POW diplomacy -- Expanding WPA relief work -- The United States enters the war -- Filling the breach -- The American YMCA and U.S. prisoners-of-war in Germany -- The American YMCA and allied prisoner relief in the Ottoman Empire -- The armistice and restoration of American YMCA WPA service in Central Europe --Post-war WPA operations -- Countering the Bolshevik threat.
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| ISBN | 0-231-50212-5
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