02772nam 2200613Ia 450 991078547200332120220228203650.01-282-92253-X97866129225341-4422-0550-4(CKB)2670000000059944(EBL)662188(OCoLC)700447107(SSID)ssj0000444122(PQKBManifestationID)12147450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444122(PQKBWorkID)10462142(PQKB)10388585(MiAaPQ)EBC662188(Au-PeEL)EBL662188(CaPaEBR)ebr10435055(CaONFJC)MIL292253(EXLCZ)99267000000005994420100330d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWe are coming, unafraid[electronic resource] the Jewish legions and the promised land in the First World War /Michael Keren and Shlomit KerenLanham, MD Rowman & Littlefieldc20101 online resource (322 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-5275-6 0-7425-5274-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; BibliographyThis 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 soldiWorld War, 1914-1918Personal narratives, JewishWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, JewishAnecdotesJewish soldiersCorrespondenceWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Participation, JewishJewish soldiers940.4/1241Keren Michael1944-541038Keren Shlomit1568893MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785472003321We are coming, unafraid3841346UNINA