This book examines the particular experience of ethnic religious and national minorities who
participated in the First World War as members of the main belligerent powers: Britain France
Germany and Russia. Individual chapters explore themes including contested loyalties
internment refugees racial violence genocide and disputed memories from 1914 through into
the interwar years to explore how minorities made the transition from war to peace at the end
of the First World War. The first section discusses so-called ¿friendly minorities¿
considering the way in which Jews Muslims and refugees lived through the war and its
aftermath. Section two looks at fears of ¿enemy aliens¿ which prompted not only widespread
internment but also violence and genocide. The third section considers how the wartime
experience of minorities played out in interwar Europe exploring debates over political
representation and remembrance. Bridging the gap between war and peace this is the ideal book
for all those interested in both First World War and minority histories.
