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Men in German Uniform : POWs in America during World War II /
Examining the largest prisoner-of-war handling operation in U.S. history, this book offers a meticulous account of the myriad problems-as well as the impressive successes-that came with housing 371,000 German POWs on American soil during World War II. Antonio Thompson draws on extensive archival res...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Examining the largest prisoner-of-war handling operation in U.S. history, this book offers a meticulous account of the myriad problems-as well as the impressive successes-that came with housing 371,000 German POWs on American soil during World War II. Antonio Thompson draws on extensive archival research to probe the various ways in which the U.S. government strove to comply with the Geneva Convention's mandate that enemy prisoners be moved from the war zone and given food, shelter, and clothing equal to that provided for American soldiers.While the prisoners became a ready sou. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (194 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781572337428 |