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Tammy M. Proctor - Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918 - 9780814767153 - V9780814767153
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Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918

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World War I heralded a new global era of warfare, consolidating and expanding changes that had been building throughout the previous century, while also instituting new notions of war. The 1914-18 conflict witnessed the first aerial bombing of civilian populations, the first widespread concentration camps for the internment of enemy alien civilians, and an unprecedented use of civilian labor and resources for the war effort. Humanitarian relief programs for civilians became a common feature of modern society, while food became as significant as weaponry in the fight to win.
Tammy M. Proctor argues that it was World War I—the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
377
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814767153
SKU
V9780814767153
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Tammy M. Proctor
Tammy M. Proctor is professor of history at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. She is the author of On My Honour: Guides and Scouts in Interwar Britain, Scouting for Girls: A Century of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, and Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War (NYU Press).

Reviews for Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918
Civilians in a World at Warprovides an engaging international overview of civilians' experiences between 1914 and 1918, and will be of interest to both scholarly and non-academic readers.
Claudia Siebrecht
European History Quarterly
A welcome addition to the scholarship on the Great War. It is a must-read for any graduate students studying the conflict.
Christopher Fischer ... Read more

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