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Subtitle:
WWI's little-known story of German occupation, Belgian resistance, and the band of Yanks who helped save millions from starvation.
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Book Category:
History > General
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Author:
Jeffrey B. Miller
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Binding:
Paperback
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ISBN 10:
0990689301
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ISBN 13:
9780990689300
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Price:
16.95
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Publication Year:
2014
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Alternative Binding:
Ebook
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Alternative ISBN 10:
099068931X
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Alternative ISBN 13:
9780990689317
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Alternative Price:
USD 9.99
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Alternative Publication Year:
2014 |
Publisher Info
Milbrown Press. InquiryDuring World War I, the Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) initiated, organized, and supervised the largest food and relief drive the world had ever seen. Working in concert with its counterpart in Belgium, the Comité National, the CRB fed and clothed for four years more than 9 million Belgians and northern French trapped behind German lines.
Young, idealistic Americans volunteered to be CRB delegates and go into German-occupied Belgium to guarantee the food would not be taken by the Germans. They had to maintain strict neutrality in what they said and did as they watched the Belgians suffer under the harsh German regime.
Covering August 1914 through December 1914, this nonfiction book follows a handful of CRB delegates, a twenty-two-year-old Belgian woman, two U.S. diplomats, the head of the CRB, and two Belgians—a businessman and a priest—who team up to fight the German occupation.
It is a story that few have heard.
Book Review and Awards
1. Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014 (Indie) 2. Kirkus Starred Review 3. Finalist in Foreword Reviews INDIE FAB Best Books of the Year (winners to be announced June 26, 2015) 4. Positive reviews in Publishers Weekly, Foreword magazine, and the Denver Post.