The YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars

TitleThe YMCA at War: Collaboration and Conflict during the World Wars
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsCopeland, Jeffrey C., and Xu, Yan
Number of Pages258
PublisherLexington Books
CityLanham, MD
Abstract

This edited volume is the first collection of scholarship to examine the YMCA’s efforts during the World Wars of the twentieth century, which proved to be a bastion of support to soldiers and civilians around the world. The YMCA deployed hundreds of thousands of its much-vaunted secretaries to support suffering civilians and ease soldiers’ wartime hardships. Joining forces with governments, other civic organizations, and individuals, the Y could be either an indispensable auxiliary or an arms-length nuisance. In all cases, its support had a significant byproduct: for every person it befriended, the Y invariably made an enemy with an opposing party, its patrons, its sponsors, or at times, all three.

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