Violence Against Prisoners of War in the First World War Posters early in World War I

early in World War I

“never been adequately explored

It records the most disastrous day in the history of the British army – 1 July 1916 – and it had a huge impact when it was shown in Britain during the war

Eddie Rickenbacker

Violence Against Prisoners of War in the First World War Posters early in World War IDescription by Heather Jones Paperback In this groundbreaking new study, Heather Jones provides the first in depth and comparative examination of violence against First World War prisoners. She shows how the war radicalized captivity treatment in Britain, France and Germany, dramatically undermined international law protecting prisoners of war and led to new forms of forced prisoner labour and reprisals, which fuelled wartime propaganda that was often