Behind the Wire

Prisoners of War 1914-18

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Description

From escape attempts to camp conditions, Behind the Wire offers first-hand accounts of POWs during World War I.

Before World War I the Geneva Convention established 'rules' for the treatment of Prisoners of War, and all belligerents during the war were to adhere to them; however, the rules were in many ways ambiguous and as a result, the treatment of POWs varied from nation to nation.

In this book, Robert Jackson examines the treatment POWs received from both sides of the lines, from British airmen shot down to German POWs and from American escapes to the armistice.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: The Rules of War
Chapter Two: Capture and Treatment
Chapter Three: Inside the Camps 1914–17
Chapter Four: Civilian Internees
Chapter Five: The Red Cross and Relief Organizations
Chapter Six: Reprisals and Imprisonment
Chapter Seven: Ones Who Got Away
Chapter Eight: The Camps 1918 – the Final Months
Chapter Nine: Armistice
Chapter Ten: German Prisoners in Britain

Epilogue: Conscience
Endnotes
Glossary
Select Bibliography

Product details

Published Apr 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 1
ISBN 9781472802705
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Robert Jackson

Born in 1941 in North Yorkshire, Robert Jackson wa…

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