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In the highest degree odious : detention without trial in wartime Britain / A.W. Brian Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, A. W. Brian, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British.
- Political prisoners--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 453 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the Second World War, just under 2000 British citizens were detained without charge, trial or term set, under Regulation 18B of the wartime Defence Regulations. This book provides a comprehensive study of Regulation 18B and its precursor in the First World War, Regulation 14B.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-168197-0
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