Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front 1916-18

ISBN-13: 9781108486194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 284 str.

Aaron Pegram

Opis

Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in WW1. By placing the hardships of prisoners of war in a broader social and military content, this book adds a new dimension to the national wartime experience and challenges popular representations of Australia's involvement in the First World War.

Recenzje

'Pegram never loses sight of the individuals in this fine academic work that reads exceptionally well … This is a model history that should be read by all scholars and students of the Great War and it will provide new ways to understand the 3,842 captured Canadians during the war.' Tim Cook, Canadian Military History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Raising the white flag: the capture of Australian troops on the Western Front; 2. The reciprocity principle: respecting and abrogating wartime agreements; 3. Giving the game away: the intelligence value of prisoners of war; 4. Saving lives: patriotic women, prisoners of war and the Australian Red Cross Society; 5. Challenging the Holzminden illusion: myth and reality of escape in the Great War; 6. Well fed and plenty of freedom: autonomy and independence in German captivity; 7. Hun haunted? Repatriation, home and after; Conclusion.