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Book SynopsisAn evocative exploration of the many roles played by civilians across the globe during World War I
Trade ReviewCivilians in a World at Warprovides an engaging international overview of civilians' experiences between 1914 and 1918, and will be of interest to both scholarly and non-academic readers. -- Claudia Siebrecht * European History Quarterly *
A welcome addition to the scholarship on the Great War. It is a must-read for any graduate students studying the conflict. -- Christopher Fischer * Journal of World History *
It is important to recognize the breadth of possible civilian experiences, and Proctor certainly achieves this. -- David Mongor * Journal of Contemporary History *
Proctor has pieced together a beautiful book...[her] final achievement is not to simply give these women a voice but to establish herself as one of the most important historians of the Great War. -- Nicole Dombrowski Risser * The Journal of Modern History *
Tammy M. Proctor's Civilians in a World at War is a thoughtful and intelligent synthesis which considers both the variety of civilian experiences and the way in which the First World War shaped and reshaped the very concept of 'civilian.' Proctor's work ranges widely across existing secondary literature but also includes significant archival investigation of sources, some of which are familiar and some less so. This is emphatically not just a survey of the various 'Home Fronts' but rather a consideration of what it was to be a civilian in this great global conflict. -- Adrian Gregory * First World War Studies *
In this excellent, astute work, historian Proctor explains that the creation of citizen-armies by widespread international conscription and recruiting campaigns during WWI ensured that noncombatants also were mired in warfare, taking over the responsibilities of men who had been called up, sustaining at long distance the morale of their loved ones in uniform, dealing with food rationing and epidemics, or providing medical care, entertainment or sex to troops who were far from their homes. -- E.J. Jenkins * Choice Magazine *
Carefully researched and well-organized, Civilians in a World at War is an excellent overview of the effects of World War I on civilians. Combining specific stories and life experiences with a detailed discussion of the changes, the author provides insight inot one of the most important developments in the 20th century - what she terms the invention of the modern civilian. -- J.W. Thacker * Park City Daily News *
A powerful and important book that turns our attention to the often understudied experiences of civilians at war.
Civilians in a World at War, 1914-1918, makes a major contribution not only to the history of World War I but to the history of civilians involved in war before and since. -- Michael S. Neiberg,author of Fighting the Great War: A Global History
Proctor offers a comprehensive analysis of the impact of World War I on the ways men and women not in uniform functioned in an environment that pitted not only armies but citizens against each other. This is easily the best work of its kind to emerge from the new generation of scholars who are expanding the horizons of Great War studies. -- Dennis Showalter,Colorado College
Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Citizens in Uniform 2 Civilians and the Labor of War 3 Constructing Home Fronts 4 Caught between the Lines 5 Caring for the Wounded 6 Creating War Experts 7 Civilians behind the Wire 8 Civil War and Revolution Conclusion: Consequences of World War I Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
