Such splendid prisons : diplomatic detainment in America during World War II /

Such splendid prisons : diplomatic detainment in America during World War II /

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Solomon, Harvey (Author)
Format:	eBook Electronic
Language:	English
Imprint:	[Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Subjects:	1900-1999 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. World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American. Diplomatic and consular service, German Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese Diplomatic history Diplomatic relations Diplomats Japanese > Government policy Prisoners of war United States > Foreign relations > 20th century. Germany Japan United States Biographies History
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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.