Such splendid prisons : diplomatic detainment in America during World War II
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Published
[Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]., , ©2020.
Physical Desc
xv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Haslett - Non-Fiction
940.53 1773 Solomon
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940.53 1773 Solomon
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LC Subjects
Diplomatic and consular service, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomats -- Germany -- Biography.
Diplomats -- Japan -- Biography.
Germans -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Japanese -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Diplomats -- Germany -- Biography.
Diplomats -- Japan -- Biography.
Germans -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Japanese -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
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Published
[Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]., , ©2020.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In the chaotic days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt administration made a dubious decision affecting hundreds of Axis diplomats remaining in the nation’s capital. To encourage reciprocal treatment of U.S. diplomats trapped abroad, Roosevelt sent Axis diplomats to remote luxury hotels—a move that enraged Americans stunned by the attack. This cause célèbre drove a fascinating yet forgotten story: the roundup, detention, and eventual repatriation of more than a thousand German, Japanese, Italian, Bulgarian, and Hungarian diplomats, families, staff, servants, journalists, students, businessmen, and spies. Such Splendid Prisons follows five of these internees whose privileged worlds came crashing down after December 7, 1941: a suave, calculating Nazi ambassador and his charming but conflicted wife; a wily veteran Japanese journalist; a beleaguered American wife of a Japanese spy posing as a diplomat; and a spirited but naive college-aged daughter of a German military attaché. The close, albeit luxurious, proximity in which these Axis power emissaries were forced to live with each other stripped away the veneer of false prewar diplomatic bonhomie. Conflicts ran deep not only among the captives but also among the rival U.S. agencies overseeing a detainment fraught with uncertainty, duplicity, lust, and romance. Harvey Solomon re-creates this wartime American period of deluxe detention, public outrage, hidden agendas, rancor and racism, and political machinations in a fascinating but forgotten story."--publisher's website
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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"--Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Solomon, H. (2020). Such splendid prisons: diplomatic detainment in America during World War II . Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solomon, Harvey. 2020. Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America During World War II. Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Solomon, Harvey. Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America During World War II Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Solomon, Harvey. Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America During World War II Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2020.
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