This book examines the particular experience of ethnic, religious and national minorities who participated in the First World War as members of the main belligerent powers: Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Individual chapters explore themes including contested loyalties, internment, refugees, racial violence, genocide and disputed memories from 1914 through into the interwar years to explore how minorities made the transition from war to peace at the end of the First World War.
The first section discusses so-called 'friendly minorities', considering the way in which Jews,...
This book examines the particular experience of ethnic, religious and national minorities who participated in the First World War as members of the...
This collection explores rare sources and employs novel interdisciplinary methods to illuminate four interconnected themes: minorities and the meaning of military service, Jewish-Gentile relations, the cultural legacy of the war, and memory politics.
This collection explores rare sources and employs novel interdisciplinary methods to illuminate four interconnected themes: minorities and the meaning...
