Jeffrey C. Copeland was formerly assistant professor of history at the United States Air Force Academy.Yan Xu is assistant professor in the Department of History at Spelman College.

A diverse and compelling edited volume, The YMCA at War reveals a new social understanding of twentieth century warfare. The Y’s global reach and immense influence in wartime make its social-service soldiers an intriguing counterpart to the soldiers on the battlefield.

• Foreword, Matthew Lee MillerIntroduction: Collaboration and Conflict: The YMCA at War, Jeffrey C. Copeland and Yan XuChapter 1: The Damn Y Man in WWI: Service, Perception, and Cigarettes, Joel R. BiusChapter 2: Huts in the Holy Land: The YMCA and British Empire Soldiers in the Sinai andPalestine Campaigns, 1916–1918, Edward C. WoodfinChapter 3: To Help and To Organize: The YMCA in Italy during the Great War, Ugo Pavan Dalla TorreChapter 4: The American YMCA and War Work Service in Russia in World War I and the Russian Civil War, 1914–1923, Kenneth A. SteuerChapter 5: The YMCA and the Science of International Civil Statecraft in Post-World War ICzechoslovakia, Erika Cornelius SmithChapter 6: The YMCA with the American Occupation Force in Germany after World War I,Larry A. GrantChapter 7: “Character Conservancy in Shanghai’s Emergency”: The YMCA in Shanghai, 1931–1942, Kristin Mulready-StoneChapter 8: Befriending Soldiers: The Emergency Service to Soldiers Program of the Chinese YMCA during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937–1945, Yan XuChapter 9: “In Harmony with American Democracy”: The YMCA in California during the Japanese American Internment and Resettlement, Jeffrey C. CopelandChapter 10: “Canadians for Canadians Only...It's Like a Paradise”: Sport, Leisure, and the Canadian YMCA in England during the Second World War, John J. MakerChapter 11: The YMCA, YWCA, and the "Civilizing" of Australian Servicemen in Postwar Japan, John Moremon

Jeffrey C. Copeland was formerly assistant professor of history at the United States Air Force Academy.Yan Xu is assistant professor in the Department of History at Spelman College.

A diverse and compelling edited volume, The YMCA at War reveals a new social understanding of twentieth century warfare. The Y’s global reach and immense influence in wartime make its social-service soldiers an intriguing counterpart to the soldiers on the battlefield.

• Foreword, Matthew Lee MillerIntroduction: Collaboration and Conflict: The YMCA at War, Jeffrey C. Copeland and Yan XuChapter 1: The Damn Y Man in WWI: Service, Perception, and Cigarettes, Joel R. BiusChapter 2: Huts in the Holy Land: The YMCA and British Empire Soldiers in the Sinai andPalestine Campaigns, 1916–1918, Edward C. WoodfinChapter 3: To Help and To Organize: The YMCA in Italy during the Great War, Ugo Pavan Dalla TorreChapter 4: The American YMCA and War Work Service in Russia in World War I and the Russian Civil War, 1914–1923, Kenneth A. SteuerChapter 5: The YMCA and the Science of International Civil Statecraft in Post-World War ICzechoslovakia, Erika Cornelius SmithChapter 6: The YMCA with the American Occupation Force in Germany after World War I,Larry A. GrantChapter 7: “Character Conservancy in Shanghai’s Emergency”: The YMCA in Shanghai, 1931–1942, Kristin Mulready-StoneChapter 8: Befriending Soldiers: The Emergency Service to Soldiers Program of the Chinese YMCA during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937–1945, Yan XuChapter 9: “In Harmony with American Democracy”: The YMCA in California during the Japanese American Internment and Resettlement, Jeffrey C. CopelandChapter 10: “Canadians for Canadians Only...It's Like a Paradise”: Sport, Leisure, and the Canadian YMCA in England during the Second World War, John J. MakerChapter 11: The YMCA, YWCA, and the "Civilizing" of Australian Servicemen in Postwar Japan, John Moremon

Jeffrey C. Copeland was formerly assistant professor of history at the United States Air Force Academy.Yan Xu is assistant professor in the Department of History at Spelman College.

A diverse and compelling edited volume, The YMCA at War reveals a new social understanding of twentieth century warfare. The Y’s global reach and immense influence in wartime make its social-service soldiers an intriguing counterpart to the soldiers on the battlefield.

• Foreword, Matthew Lee MillerIntroduction: Collaboration and Conflict: The YMCA at War, Jeffrey C. Copeland and Yan XuChapter 1: The Damn Y Man in WWI: Service, Perception, and Cigarettes, Joel R. BiusChapter 2: Huts in the Holy Land: The YMCA and British Empire Soldiers in the Sinai andPalestine Campaigns, 1916–1918, Edward C. WoodfinChapter 3: To Help and To Organize: The YMCA in Italy during the Great War, Ugo Pavan Dalla TorreChapter 4: The American YMCA and War Work Service in Russia in World War I and the Russian Civil War, 1914–1923, Kenneth A. SteuerChapter 5: The YMCA and the Science of International Civil Statecraft in Post-World War ICzechoslovakia, Erika Cornelius SmithChapter 6: The YMCA with the American Occupation Force in Germany after World War I,Larry A. GrantChapter 7: “Character Conservancy in Shanghai’s Emergency”: The YMCA in Shanghai, 1931–1942, Kristin Mulready-StoneChapter 8: Befriending Soldiers: The Emergency Service to Soldiers Program of the Chinese YMCA during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937–1945, Yan XuChapter 9: “In Harmony with American Democracy”: The YMCA in California during the Japanese American Internment and Resettlement, Jeffrey C. CopelandChapter 10: “Canadians for Canadians Only...It's Like a Paradise”: Sport, Leisure, and the Canadian YMCA in England during the Second World War, John J. MakerChapter 11: The YMCA, YWCA, and the "Civilizing" of Australian Servicemen in Postwar Japan, John Moremon