The stigma of surrender : German prisoners, British captors, and manhood in the Great War and beyond /
Approximately nine million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914 to 1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war's significance to the history of the Great War. Examining the experiences of the approximately 130,000 German prisoners held in the United Kingdo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | Approximately nine million soldiers fell into enemy hands from 1914 to 1918, but historians have only recently begun to recognize the prisoner of war's significance to the history of the Great War. Examining the experiences of the approximately 130,000 German prisoners held in the United Kingdom during World War I, historian Brian K. Feltman brings wartime captivity back into focus. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469619934 1469619938 9781469633510 1469633515 |