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• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. "Evangelizing the World in a Generation": The YMCA Movement around the World before the First World War
• 2. "An Unparalleled Opportunity for Service": The American YMCA Mobilizes
• 3. The U.S. Government and Prisoner-of-War Responsibilities
• 4. "For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms": American YMCA Prisoner-of-War Diplomacy in Western Europe
• 5. Association POW Diplomacy Extends to Eastern and Southern Europe
• 6. "In Prison, Ye Visited Me": The American YMCA Secretaries Initiate POW Relief in Germany
• 7. Association POW Diplomacy Extends to Eastern and Southern Europe
• 8. Instituting the Association's Four-fold Program in Prison Camps: From Saving the POW's Soul to "Keeping Body and Soul Together"
• 9. The American YMCA and WPA Operations in Austria-Hungary
• 10. Successful World's Alliance POW Diplomacy: Phildius and WPA Relief Work in Bulgaria
• 11. Expanding WPA Relief Work: Addressing the Needs of Political Prisoners and Labor Detachments
• 12. The United States Enters the War: The Evacuation of American Secretaries from Central European WPA Operations
• 13. Filling the Breach: The Arrival of Neutral Secretaries in Central Europe
• 14. The American YMCA and U.S. Prisoners-of-War in Germany
• 15. The American YMCA and Allied Prisoner Relief in the Ottoman Empire
• 16. The Armistice and Restoration of American YMCA WPA Service in Central Europe: Repatriation of Western Allied Prisoners
• 17. Post-War WPA Operations: The Tragedy in the East
• 18. Countering the Bolshevik Threat: Repatriation and American YMCA Expansion into Eastern Europe
• 19. Conclusion
• Bibliography