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Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923
Kenneth Steuer
Year: c2009, c2008.
Publisher:  Columbia University Press. 
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table of contents
Title Page
Copyright and Permissions
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Appendices
List of Audio Clips
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Great Catastrophe of Christian Civilization: The Outbreak of War in Europe
Chapter 1: “Evangelizing the World in a Generation”: The YMCA Movement around the World before the First World War
[Intro]
The Goals of the American YMCA
The Development of the German YMCA
The Growth of the YMCA Movement in Austria-Hungary
The YMCA and Bulgaria
Expansion into the Islamic World - The YMCA and the Ottoman Empire
The Balkan Wars and YMCA War Relief Operations
Chapter 2: “An Unparalleled Opportunity for Service”: The American YMCA Mobilizes
Chapter 3: The U.S. Government and Prisoner-of-War Responsibilities
[Intro]
Representing Allied Interests in Germany
Chapter 4: “For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms”: American YMCA Prisoner-of-War Diplomacy in Western Europe
[Intro]
Negotiations Begin in Britain
Hibbard and French Negotiations
Harte Arrives in Germany
The French Government's Response
British Reluctance and POW Relief
Chapter 5: Association POW Diplomacy Extends to Eastern and Southern Europe
[Intro]
Austro-Hungarian YMCA War Work Service
World's Alliance POW Diplomacy in the Dual Monarchy
Harte and Reciprocity with Russia
Harte Conducts a Second Trip to Russia
The American YMCA Offers POW Work in Italy
Serbia and POW Diplomacy
Bulgaria and War Prisoner Relief
Romania Enters the War
Conclusion
Chapter 6: “In Prison, Ye Visited Me”: The American YMCA Secretaries Initiate POW Relief in Germany
[Intro]
Harte Inaugurates Relief Work in Germany
The Inauguration of the Association Building at Göttingen
The First American Secretaries Enter the Field in Germany
Development of Association Work at Ruhleben
Initial Expansion of American YMCA Operations across Germany
Chapter 7: Coordinating War Prisoner Relief: The American YMCA Expands WPA Work in Germany
[Intro]
Mott's Second European Trip
Expanding WPA Operations in Germany
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Instituting the Association's Four-fold Program in Prison Camps: From Saving the POW's Soul to “Keeping Body and Soul Together"
[Intro]
Educational Programs
Religious Services
Social Services and Entertainment
Physical Relief Services
The American YMCA and the Prisoners' Welfare Council
Chapter 9: The American YMCA and WPA Operations in Austria-Hungary
[Intro]
American YMCA Operations in Hungary
Expansion of American WPA Service in Austria
Chapter 10: Successful World's Alliance POW Diplomacy: Phildius and WPA Relief Work in Bulgaria
[Intro]
Bulgaria and YMCA Prisoner-of-War Work
Chapter 11: Expanding WPA Relief Work: Addressing the Needs of Political Prisoners and Labor Detachments
[Intro]
The American YMCA and German Propaganda Camps
Foreign Relief Programs
American YMCA Relief Work in Labor Detachments
The American YMCA and the Lesser German Kingdoms
Chapter 12: The United States Enters the War: The Evacuation of American Secretaries from Central European WPA Operations
[Intro]
American YMCA Departure from Austria-Hungary
Conclusion
Chapter 13: Filling the Breach: The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries in Central Europe
[Intro]
Neutral YMCA WPA Operations in Germany, February 1917-November 1918
The Resumption of German Government Threats Against WPA Operations
Neutral Secretaries Assume Operations in Austria-Hungary
Chapter 14: The American YMCA and U.S. Prisoners-of-War in Germany
[Intro]
Setting Up YMCA Operations in Rastatt
Chapter 15: The American YMCA and Allied Prisoner Relief in the Ottoman Empire
[Intro]
The Y.M.C.A. and POW Relief in the Turkish Empire during World War I
Conclusion
Chapter 16: The Armistice and Restoration of American YMCA WPA Service in Central Europe: Repatriation of Western Allied Prisoners
[Intro]
Post-War YMCA WPA Operations for American Prisoners
Allied Repatriation to Western Europe
American Social Welfare Programs in Post-War Germany
Nationalist Problems within the World's Alliance of YMCAs
Crisis within the World's Alliance
Conclusion
Chapter 17: Post-War WPA Operations: The Tragedy in the East
[Intro]
The Collapse of Bulgaria
Post-War Operations in Turkey
Russian Prisoners in Germany
A Changing of the Guard
Chapter 18: Countering the Bolshevik Threat: Repatriation and American YMCA Expansion into Eastern Europe
[Intro]
Establishment of Russian Relief Work in Germany
American Relief Operations
The Renewed Repatriation of Russian Prisoners in the Summer of 1920
The Russo-Polish War of 1920 and German Prison Camps
Conclusion
Chapter 19: Conclusion
[Intro]
The American YMCA and the Wilson Administration
Diplomatic Obstacles
Conclusion
Appendix Introduction A: German Prisoner of War Statistics —October 1918
Appendix 3a: Hinter dem Stachel-Draht: Kriegs-Gefangen-Lager Münsingen: (Behind the Barbed-Wire: Prisoner of War Camp Münsingen)
Appendix 4a: War Prisoners' Aid Secretary Reports
Appendix 4b: Christmas Carols
Appendix 5a: Archibald Harte Correspondence
Appendix 5b: Quelques Vues des Camps de Prisonniers en Autriche-Hongrie: (Some Views of Prisoners in Austria-Hungary)
Appendix 6a: Das Gefangenlager in Göttingen: (The Prison Camp in Göttingen)
Appendix 6b: Le Camp de Göttingen: (Göttingen Camp)
Appendix 6c: Camp de Göttingen: Compte-Rendu de Inauguration Officielle de “La Maison du Prisonnier de Guerre”, 15 Avril 1915: (Göttingen Camp: Report of the Official Inauguration of the “Prisoner of War Home,” 15 April 1915)
Appendix 6d: Engländer Ruhleben: Official Opening of the YMCA Hall, Friday, the 24th of December 1915 at 2:30pm
Appendix 6e: Inauguration of YMCA Reading Hall at Crossen-an-der-Oder
Appendix 6f: Prisoner of War Cemetary Dedication—Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
Appendix 7a: The Döberitz Gazette: An International Magazine for the Kriegsgefangene Interned at Döberitz
Appendix 8a: Educational Activities for War Prisoners
Appendix 8b: Friedrichsfeld Concert of August 1915
Appendix 8c: Liederbuch-Hymn Book-Cantiques
Appendix 8d: Paroles de Consolation et d'Encouragement: (Words of Consolation and Encouragement)
Appendix 8e: Prisoner of War Relief Organization Requests for Donations
Le Vêtement du Prisonniers de Guerre (Clothing for Prisoners of War)
Books! Books! Books!
Information Respecting the Working of the British Prisoner of War Book Scheme
Appendix 8f: The British Prisoner of War
Appendix 8g: Le Messager du Prisonnier de Guerre Der Gefangenenbote: (The Messenger to Prisoners of War)
Appendix 8h: The New Döberitz Empire
Appendix 8i: The Wooden City: A Journal for Prisoners of War
Appendix 8j: Thus Saith the Lord: God Is Love
Appendix 10a: YMCA-Bulgarian War Prisoners' Aid Agreement
Appendix 11a: Bibliothèque des Prisonniers de Guerre: (War Prisoners' Library)
Appendix 11b: Serbian Aid Society
Appendix 12a: Julius F. Hecker Correspondence September-November 1917
Appendix 13a: Giessen Prison Camp Program
Appendix 14a: If I Were Captured by the Germans: By an American Secretary Formerly in German Prison Camps
Appendix 14b: The Barbed-Wireless
Appendix 18a: Post-War Russian POW Relief
Appendix 18b: WPA Prisoner Repatriation Program July 1920
Appendix 19a: Meeting of the War Historical Bureau of the Young Men's Christian Association 25 March 1920
Appendix 19b: YMCA Prisoner of War Department: Items of Interest and Progress
Prison Camps
Austria-Hungary
Austro-Hungarian Prison Camps
Austro-Hungarian Army
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Prison Camps
Germany
German Prison Camps
German Army Organization
Turkey
Turkish Prison Camps
Turkish Army Organization
Maps
German Army Corps
Harte's First Inspection Trip of Siberia
Harte's Second Inspection Trip of Siberia
Notes
Introduction: The Great Catastrophe of Christian Civilization: The Outbreak of War in Europe
Chapter 1: “Evangelizing the World in a Generation”: The YMCA Movement around the World before the First World War
Chapter 2: “An Unparalleled Opportunity for Service”: The American YMCA Mobilizes
Chapter 3: The U.S. Government and Prisoner-of-War Responsibilities
Chapter 4: “For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms”: American YMCA Prisoner-of-War Diplomacy in Western Europe
Chapter 5: Association POW Diplomacy Extends to Eastern and Southern Europe
Chapter 6: “In Prison, Ye Visited Me”: The American YMCA Secretaries Initiate POW Relief in Germany
Chapter 7: Coordinating War Prisoner Relief: The American YMCA Expands WPA Work in Germany
Chapter 8: Instituting the Association's Four-fold Program in Prison Camps: From Saving the POW's Soul to “Keeping Body and Soul Together"
Chapter 9: The American YMCA and WPA Operations in Austria-Hungary
Chapter 10: Successful World's Alliance POW Diplomacy: Phildius and WPA Relief Work in Bulgaria
Chapter 11: Expanding WPA Relief Work: Addressing the Needs of Political Prisoners and Labor Detachments
Chapter 12: The United States Enters the War: The Evacuation of American Secretaries from Central European WPA Operations
Chapter 13: Filling the Breach: The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries in Central Europe
Chapter 14: The American YMCA and U.S. Prisoners-of-War in Germany
Chapter 15: The American YMCA and Allied Prisoner Relief in the Ottoman Empire
Chapter 16: The Armistice and Restoration of American YMCA WPA Service in Central Europe: Repatriation of Western Allied Prisoners
Chapter 17: Post-War WPA Operations: The Tragedy in the East
Chapter 18: Countering the Bolshevik Threat: Repatriation and American YMCA Expansion into Eastern Europe
Chapter 19: Conclusion
Appendix 3a: Hinter dem Stachel-Draht: Kriegs-Gefangen-Lager Münsingen: (Behind the Barbed-Wire: Prisoner of War Camp Münsingen)
Appendix 4a: War Prisoners' Aid Secretary Reports
Appendix 4b: Christmas Carols
Appendix 5a: Archibald Harte Correspondence
Appendix 5b: Quelques Vues des Camps de Prisonniers en Autriche-Hongrie: (Some Views of Prisoners in Austria-Hungary)
Appendix 6a: Das Gefangenlager in Göttingen: (The Prison Camp in Göttingen)
Appendix 6b: Le Camp de Göttingen: (Göttingen Camp)
Appendix 6c: Camp de Göttingen: Compte-Rendu de Inauguration Officielle de “La Maison du Prisonnier de Guerre”, 15 Avril 1915: (Göttingen Camp: Report of the Official Inauguration of the “Prisoner of War Home,” 15 April 1915)
Appendix 6d: Engländer Ruhleben: Official Opening of the YMCA Hall, Friday, the 24th of December 1915 at 2:30pm
Appendix 6e: Inauguration of YMCA Reading Hall at Crossen-an-der-Oder
Appendix 6f: Prisoner of War Cemetary Dedication—Frankfurt-an-der-Oder
Appendix 7a: The Döberitz Gazette: An International Magazine for the Kriegsgefangene Interned at Döberitz
Appendix 8a: Educational Activities for War Prisoners
Appendix 8b: Friedrichsfeld Concert of August 1915
Appendix 8c: Liederbuch-Hymn Book-Cantiques
Appendix 8d: Paroles de Consolation et d'Encouragement: (Words of Consolation and Encouragement)
Appendix 8e: Prisoner of War Relief Organization Requests for Donations
Appendix 8f: The British Prisoner of War
Appendix 8g: Le Messager du Prisonnier de Guerre Der Gefangenenbote: (The Messenger to Prisoners of War)
Appendix 8h: The New Döberitz Empire
Appendix 8i: The Wooden City: A Journal for Prisoners of War
Appendix 8j: Thus Saith the Lord: God Is Love
Appendix 10a: YMCA-Bulgarian War Prisoners' Aid Agreement
Appendix 11a: Bibliothèque des Prisonniers de Guerre: (War Prisoners' Library)
Appendix 11b: Serbian Aid Society
Appendix 12a: Julius F. Hecker Correspondence September-November 1917
Appendix 13a: Giessen Prison Camp Program
Appendix 14a: If I Were Captured by the Germans: By an American Secretary Formerly in German Prison Camps
Appendix 14b: The Barbed-Wireless
Appendix 18a: Post-War Russian POW Relief
Appendix 18b: WPA Prisoner Repatriation Program July 1920
Appendix 19a: Meeting of the War Historical Bureau of the Young Men's Christian Association 25 March 1920
Appendix 19b: YMCA Prisoner of War Department: Items of Interest and Progress
Austro-Hungarian Prison Camps
German Prison Camps
Turkish Prison Camps
Key Figures
Statesmen
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q-s
t-v
w-z
YMCA Secretaries
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m-o
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v-x
y-z
References
Annotated Primary Source Bibliography
Selected Bibliography
Primary Sources—Books
Unpublished Manuscripts
Government Publications
Primary Sources—Association Articles
Primary Sources—Journal Articles
Secondary Sources—Books
Secondary Sources—Journal Articles
Electronic Sources
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New York: Columbia University Press, c2009, c2008.
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Subject Headings: • Harte, Archibald Clinton, -- 1865-1946
• World Alliance of YMCAs. -- War Prisoners' Aid
• YMCA of the USA
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
• World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Young Men's Christian Associations
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