During the First World War South Asian combatants and non-combatants were taken prisoner in France, Belgium, Mesopotamia, East Africa and other theatres of war. The conditions under which POWs were captured differed enormously in terms of housing, food, disciplinary rules, medical treatment, social and cultural facilities. Usually, the men were segregated not only according to their military ra...

The study sought to understand better how people come to believe they have been exposed to biological and chemical warfare. We conducted telephone interviews with 1,009 American veterans (65% response rate) deployed and not deployed to the Gulf War, a conflict during which there were credible threats that such warfare could be used. Only 6% of non-Gulf War veterans reported exposure to biologic...

The activities of the Navy Ministry Canada during First World War are analyzed in article. For first time Russian historiography, main directions Canada’s maritime policy formulated within framework government’s military course War. sources for study were debates House Commons Canadian Parliament, publications press, series historical and statistical collections journalism those years. state na...