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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunn, Landon Alfriend, 1956- author.
- Ryan, Timothy J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., PublisJefferson, North Carolinahers, 2016.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2539-5
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