LEADER 02798nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910459074103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-92253-X 010 $a9786612922534 010 $a1-4422-0550-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059944 035 $a(EBL)662188 035 $a(OCoLC)700447107 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000444122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12147450 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000444122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10462142 035 $a(PQKB)10388585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC662188 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL662188 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292253 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059944 100 $a20100330d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWe are coming, unafraid$b[electronic resource] $ethe Jewish legions and the promised land in the First World War /$fMichael Keren and Shlomit Keren 210 $aLanham, MD $cRowman & Littlefield$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (322 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7425-5275-6 311 $a0-7425-5274-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments; 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 330 $aThis 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 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives, Jewish 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Jewish$vAnecdotes 606 $aJewish soldiers$vCorrespondence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Jewish 615 0$aJewish soldiers 676 $a940.4/1241 700 $aKeren$b Michael$0541038 701 $aKeren$b Shlomit$0884022 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459074103321 996 $aWe are coming, unafraid$91974181 997 $aUNINA