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Author: Brian K. Feltman
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.525kg
ISBN: 9781469633510
ISBN 10: 1469633515
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 30 August 2016
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Feltman's discussion of the psychological struggles of captivity applies to more than just these POWs ... it is nuanced enough to be a useful guide to understanding the psychological effect being prisoners of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb for almost a hundred days in 2008-09 had on the Canadian diplomats Bob Fowler and Louis Guay.--Times Literary Supplement |Provides a new perspective on the German concept of Heldentod (the hero's death) by exploring those who avoided such a fate through surrender.--H-Net Reviews |Provides useful signposts on the path for further research.--Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |[This] well written, carefully researched study persuasively clarifies the elusive and intricate definitions of manhood at the grass roots level of soldiers' everyday lives.--Michigan War Studies Review |The research sparkles with primary sources, and the writing flows extremely well ... A wonderful contribution to both POW and WW I studies. --CHOICE |[A] welcome addition to First World War scholarship.--Military History
"Feltman's discussion of the psychological struggles of captivity applies to more than just these POWs . . . it is nuanced enough to be a useful guide to understanding the psychological effect being prisoners of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb for almost a hundred days in 2008-09 had on the Canadian diplomats Bob Fowler and Louis Guay.--Times Literary Supplement |Provides a new perspective on the German concept of Heldentod (the hero's death) by exploring those who avoided such a fate through surrender.--H-Net Reviews |Provides useful signposts on the path for further research.--Revista Universitaria de Historia Militar |[This] well written, carefully researched study persuasively clarifies the elusive and intricate definitions of manhood at the grass roots level of soldiers' everyday lives.--Michigan War Studies Review |The research sparkles with primary sources, and the writing flows extremely well . . . . A wonderful contribution to both POW and WW I studies."""" --CHOICE |[A] welcome addition to First World War scholarship.--Military History"
Author Information
Brian K. Feltman is assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University.
