04967nam 2201489Ia 450 991096617660332120251027112046.0979-88-8182-741-0979-82-16-30542-21-282-92253-X97866129225341-4422-0550-410.5040/9798881827410(CKB)2670000000059944(EBL)662188(OCoLC)700447107(SSID)ssj0000444122(PQKBManifestationID)12147450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444122(PQKBWorkID)10462142(PQKB)10388585(Au-PeEL)EBL662188(CaPaEBR)ebr10435055(CaONFJC)MIL292253(MiAaPQ)EBC662188(OCoLC)700447107(OCoLC)695530636(OCoLC)781323519(OCoLC)889242742(OCoLC)961508551(OCoLC)962695384(OCoLC)994355534(OCoLC)1109210222(OCoLC)1162028594(OCoLC)1241886963(OCoLC)1290039458(OCoLC)1300564672(OCoLC)1303433184(UkLoBP)BP9798881827410BC(EXLCZ)99267000000005994420100330d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWe are coming, unafraid the Jewish legions and the promised land in the First World War /Michael Keren and Shlomit KerenLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers©2010New York :Bloomsbury Publishing(US),2010.1 online resource (322 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-5275-6 0-7425-5274-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) 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 soldiJewish soldiersCorrespondenceWorld War, 1914-1918Personal narratives, JewishWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, JewishAnecdotesHISTORYMilitaryWorld War IbisacshJewish soldiersfast(OCoLC)fst00983018Military participationJewishfast(OCoLC)fst01353735Personal Narrative.Anecdotes.fastHistory.fastPersonal correspondence.fastPersonal narratives.fastPersonal narratives.lcgftPersonal narrativesJewish.fastJewish soldiersWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Participation, JewishHISTORYMilitaryWorld War I.Jewish soldiers.Military participationJewish.940.4/1241Keren Michael1944-541038Keren Shlomit1855706Bloomsbury (Firm),DLCDLCYDXCPCDXE7BFUGEBLCPMHWTUUGPMA7UDKDLAOCLCFTEFODAZKAGLDBTOAICAPIFAGZCUMERUCWY@U3WD6HUUMSTFWRMVNSVTSICGVT2TOFWYUTKNJBGDKCM8DUKAHLHS0N$TOCLCOOCLCQOCLCOOCLVHCOCLCOOCLCQIOYINARCOCLCOOCLCLCLOUDOCLCQOCLCOOCLCLUtOrBLWBOOK9910966176603321We are coming, unafraid4454022UNINA