Violence against Prisoners of War in the First World War : Britain, France and Germany, 1914-1920 Paperback / softback
by Heather (Dr, London School of Economics and Political Science) Jones
Part of the Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare series
Paperback / softback
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In this groundbreaking study, Heather Jones provides the first in-depth and comparative examination of violence against First World War prisoners.
She shows how the war radicalised captivity treatment in Britain, France and Germany, dramatically undermined international law protecting prisoners of war and led to new forms of forced prisoner labour and reprisals, which fuelled wartime propaganda that was often based on accurate prisoner testimony.
This book reveals how, during the conflict, increasing numbers of captives were not sent to home front camps but retained in western front working units to labour directly for the British, French and German armies - in the German case, by 1918, prisoners working for the German army endured widespread malnutrition and constant beatings.
Dr Jones examines the significance of these new, violent trends and their later legacy, arguing that the Great War marked a key turning-point in the twentieth-century evolution of the prison camp.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:468 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 17 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2013
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- ISBN:9781107638266
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:468 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 17 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/08/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107638266
