Название: Asia in Flanders Fields: Indians and Chinese on the Western Front, 1914–1920
Автор: Dominiek Dendooven
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 152676333
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 270
Размер: 23,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

The First World War brought peoples from five continents to support the British and French Allies on the Western Front. Many were from colonial territories in the British and French empires, and the largest contingents were Indians and Chinese - some 140,000. It is a story of the encounter with the European 'other', including the civilian European local populations, often marred by racism, discrimination and zenophobia both inside and outside the military command, but also lightened by moving and enduring 'human' social relationships.