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National Red Cross Societies and Prisoners of War in Russia, 1914-18

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ID10073849
AuthorsGerald H Davis (corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume28
Issue1
Pages31-52
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002200949302800103
OpenAlexW2083619380
LanguageEN
Citations received9

One of the ironies of war is that it creates mutual interests among enemies. It also creates common problems, the solution of which requires co-operation between parties intensely engaged in each other's destruction. War further complicates matters by rupturing diplomatic, postal and personal communications required to address the problems. To an unprecedented degree this occurred in the first world war, which trapped hundreds of thousands of civilians in hostile territory and carried millions of soldiers into prisoner-of-war camps. These were crises for which no unilateral political or military solutions were available. Most historical writing about such matters concentrates on the Western front, but it was in the Eastern theatre where most of the POWs and civilian detainees of that war were

Ancient history · Economic history · First world war · Front (military · Geography · Home front · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prisoners of war · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · World War II · History · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Military History and Strategy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year0,53
Citation span2009 - 2024 (16)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9

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