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Author:
Dunn, Landon Alfriend, 1956- author.
Title:
Axis diplomats in American custody : the housing of enemy representatives and their exchange for American counterparts, 1941-1945 / Landon Alfriend Dunn and Timothy J. Ryan.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
v, 201 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Diplomats--United States--History--20th century.
Germans--History--United States--History--20th century.
Italians--History--United States--History--20th century.
Japanese--History--United States--History--20th century.
Other Authors:
Ryan, Timothy J., 1954- author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-197) and index.
Summary:
"After Pearl Harbor, German, Italian and Japanese diplomats were relocated to two lavish but isolated resorts in the Allegheny Mountains, where the State Department insisted they be treated as distinguished guests. Other Axis envoys were similarly detained. This book focuses on the day-to-day lives of the nearly 1,000 detainees during their six-month confinement"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1476664862 (softcover : alk. paper)
9781476664866 (softcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)934885354
LCCN:
2016033648
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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