The YMCA at war : collaboration and conflict during the World Wars /

This collection examines the Young Men's Christian Association's support for soldiers and civilians during World War I and World War II. The contributors approach the topic from various angles and argue that the YMCA's efforts routinely resulted in conflict with governments, other civ...

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Main Authors: Copeland, Jeffrey C. (Author), Xu, Yan (History teacher) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Collaboration and conflict: The YMCA at war /Jeffrey C. Copeland and Yan Xu
  • The damn Y Man in WWI: Service, perception, and cigarettes / Joel R. Bius
  • Huts in the Holy Land: The YMCA and British Empire soldiers in the Sinai and Palestine campaigns, 1916-1918 / Edward C. Woodfin
  • To help and to organize: The YMCA in Italy during the Great War / Ugo Pavan Dalla Torre
  • The American YMCA and war work service in Russia in World War I and the Russian Civil War, 1914-1923 / Kenneth A. Steuer
  • The YMCA and the science of international civil statecraft in post-World War I Czechoslovakia / Erika Cornelius Smith
  • The YMCA with the American Occupation Force in Germany after World War I / Larry A. Grant
  • Character conservancy in Shanghai's emergency: The YMCA in Shanghai, 1931-1942 / Kristin Mulready-Stone
  • Befriending soldiers: The Emergency Service to Soldiers Program of the Chinese YMCA during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 / Yan Xu
  • "In harmony with American democracy": The YMCA in California during the Japanese American internment and resettlement / Jeffrey C. Copeland
  • "Canadians for Canadians only ... it's like a paradise": Sport, leisure, and the Canadian YMCA in England during the Second World War / John J. Maker
  • The YMCA, YWCA, and the "civilizing" of Australian servicemen in postwar Japan / John Moremon.