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We Are Coming, Unafraid
The Jewish Legions and the Promised Land in the First World War
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2010
Summary
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 their battlefield experiences. The authors show how these Yiddish-speaking young men forged a new kind of soldier identity with unique Jewish features, as well as an evolving sense of nationalism.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-5274-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0550-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
192
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
Ch02. Leaving Home No access Pages 17 - 24
Ch03. In Distant Lands No access Pages 25 - 50
Ch04. To the Front No access Pages 51 - 70
Ch05. On Bravery No access Pages 71 - 76
Ch06. Hope and Disenchantment No access Pages 77 - 106
Ch07. The Chaplain No access Pages 107 - 122
Ch08. An Aristocrat of Sorts No access Pages 123 - 134
Ch09. Memory and Identity No access Pages 135 - 146
Ch10. A Soldier Left Behind No access Pages 147 - 164
Ch11. Existential Zionism No access Pages 165 - 172
