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Autore |
Keren Michael <1944-> |
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We are coming, unafraid : the Jewish legions and the promised land in the First World War / / Michael Keren and Shlomit Keren |
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Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-92253-X |
9786612922534 |
1-4422-0550-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 |
World War, 1914-1918 - Participation, Jewish |
Jewish soldiers |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Acknowledgments; 1; Introduction; 2; Leaving Home; 3; In Distant Lands; 4; To the Front; 5; On Bravery; 6; Hope and Disenchantment; 7; The Chaplain; 8; An Aristocrat of Sorts; 9; Memory and Identity; 10; A Soldier Left Behind; 11; Existential Zionism; Notes; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book tells the little-known stories of Jewish soldiers who served in the Jewish Legions during World War I. Three all-Jewish battalions formed in the British army as part of the Allies' Middle East campaign, recruiting soldiers from the United States, Canada, England, and Argentina. Drawing on diaries, memoirs and letters, the book follows their journey at sea through unrestricted submarine warfare; by trains and trucks through Europe, Egypt, and Palestine; and their battlefield experiences. The authors show how these Yiddish-speaking young men forged a new kind of soldi |
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