Soldier-Scholars: Higher Education in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 221) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871692214)

A study of the educational opportunities offered after WW1 to Amer. soldiers of the Amer. Expeditionary Forces (AEF). Some stayed in Europe and studied art, attended classes at the Sorbonne, took medical courses at London's Fellowship of Med., read law at the Inns of Court, enrolled in veterinary classes at the Univ. of Edinburgh, and studied French culture and language at numerous French univ. and inst. About 10,000 men were involved in these programs. In addition, 10,000 soldier-students attended the AEF's own univ. at Beaune. For a few months in the spring of 1919, this univ. was the largest in the English-speaking world. Other educational opportunities of various sorts were made available to virtually every soldier in the AEF. Illustrations.

Author: Alfred E. Cornebise
ISBN-10: 087169221X
ISBN-13: 9780871692214
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1997
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d