Such Splendid Prisons : Diplomatic Detainment in America during World War II /

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"Harvey Solomon tells the vivid story of the roundup, captivity, and eventual repatriation of Axis diplomats and their families who were stranded in the nation's capital after the bombing of Pearl Harbor"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solomon, Harvey (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prisoners of war.
Japanese > Government policy.
Diplomats.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese.
Diplomatic and consular service, German.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Japonais > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Allemands > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Service diplomatique et consulaire japonais > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Service diplomatique et consulaire allemand > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Diplomates > Japon > Biographies.
Diplomates > Allemagne > Biographies.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
Japanese > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Germans > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese > United States > History > 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, German > United States > History > 20th century.
Diplomats > Japan > Biography.
Diplomats > Germany > Biography.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
United States.
Japan.
Germany.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 20e siecle.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On the diplomatic front lines
  • Rivals and arrivals
  • Soirees to spies
  • Inactive vigilance
  • Reverberations of war
  • Isolation versus intervention
  • War wary
  • Full speed ahead
  • Executing an exodus
  • Fenced inn
  • Moving daze
  • (Not so) happy new year
  • Watched while waiting
  • Quiet desperation
  • Life at the homestead
  • "But still they complain
  • "
  • Twice removed
  • A feud renewed
  • Homeward, unbound
  • Perplexing passage East
  • Home aghast
  • Vichyswap
  • Last grasp.

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