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010 $a 2010013668
020 $a9780742552746 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0742552748 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9781442205505 (electronic)
020 $a1442205504 (electronic)
024 $a99939230745
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn598305087
035 $a(OCoLC)598305087
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050 00 $aD568.7$b.K47 2010
082 00 $a940.4/1241$222
100 1 $aKeren, Michael.
245 10 $aWe are coming, unafraid :$bthe Jewish legions and the promised land in the First World War /$cMichael Keren and Shlomit Keren.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $aviii, 191 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $g2.$tLeaving Home -- $g3.$tIn Distant Lands -- $g4.$tTo the Front -- $g5.$tOn Bravery -- $g6.$tHope and Disenchantment -- $g7.$tThe Chaplain -- $g8.$tAn Aristocrat of Sorts -- $g9.$tMemory and Identity -- $g10.$tA Soldier Left Behind -- $g11.$tExistential Zionism.
520 1 $a""This book is highly recommended. Its approach is novel, and the source materials upon which it is based are original and have not previously been utilized. It gives voice to persons who played a role in a significant process, but who otherwise might be forgotten. In addition to military history buffs, the book will appeal to general readers interested in the emotions and experiences of the òrdinary' people of yesteryear." ---Stuart Cohen, Bar-Ilan University, Israel" ""We Are Coming, Unafraid provides a much-needed alternative insight into the period of the First World War. The memoirists' comments about their own motivations for joining the Legions and their views of the contemporary politics and people of the time are uniquely enlightening." ---Glenda Abramson, University of Oxford" ""This book's innovative b̀ottom-up' approach throws new light on the Jewish experience of the First World War, Zionism, and Palestine during the transition from Ottoman to British rule. The book's presentation of extended passages from the life writing of ordinary Jews, accompanied by historical explanation and analysis, makes the book an important resource for the teaching of modern Jewish social history." ---Derek Penslar, University of Toronto" "This book tells the little-known stories of 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. Many of the soldiers, ranging widely in education level, social class, and combat experience, were displaced immigrants or children of such immigrants. Together, they coalesced into the all-Jewish battalions: "the liberators of the Promised Land."" "The ranks of the Jewish Legions included some who would become prominent leaders, such as David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel's second president; however, this book focuses on the experiences of ordinary soldiers who served alongside them. 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 during their battlefield experiences. The authors show how these Yiddish-speaking young men forged both a new kind of soldier identity with unique Jewish features and an evolving sense of nationalism."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bJewish Legion$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives, Jewish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010119555
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xParticipation, Jewish$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aJewish soldiers$vCorrespondence.
700 1 $aKeren, Shlomit.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91021788
852 00 $bglx$hD568.7$i.K47 2010