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1 online resource |
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Gutenberg<e> series |
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Gutenberg (e)
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| Contents |
"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 |
| Summary |
Comprehensively researched, this analysis sheds fresh light on both the general subject of WWI prisoners of war, and the role of one of the world's first NGOs, the YMCA. The author is particularly successful in demonstrating the Y's role in the increasingly chaotic conditions of East Europe, and merits credit as well for his insight into the synergy of Christian witness and secular tough-mindedness that informed the best of the Y's people |
| Notes |
Originally published by Gutenberg-e: www.gutenberg-e.org |
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Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
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T.p. screen of 2009-09-06; title from caption |
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Harte, Archibald Clinton, 1865-1946.
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Harte, Archibald Clinton, 1865-1946 fast |
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World Alliance of YMCAs. War Prisoners' Aid.
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YMCA of the USA.
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World Alliance of YMCAs. War Prisoners' Aid fast |
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YMCA of the USA fast |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
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World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men's Christian associations
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Non-governmental organizations -- History -- 20th century
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Young Men's Christian associations
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War work
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Non-governmental organizations
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Prisoners of war
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231502122 |
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0231502125 |
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9780231130288 |
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0231130287 |
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