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Barbed wire diplomacy : Britain, Germany, and the politics of prisoners of war, 1939-1945 /

This book examines how the UK government protected the lives, interests, and well-being of its POWs in Nazi Germany. The comparatively good treatment of British POWs in Germany has been explained in terms of self-interest. Wylie presents a more nuanced picture of Anglo-German relations and the polit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wylie, Neville, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
Prisoners of war > Great Britain.
Prisoners of war > Germany.
Prisoners of war > Government policy > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1936-1945.
Germany > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Prisonniers de guerre > Grande-Bretagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Allemagne.
Prisonniers de guerre > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Allemagne.
Allemagne > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1936-1945.
Allemagne > Relations extérieures > 1933-1945.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Diplomatic relations
Prisoners of war
Prisoners of war > Government policy
Germany
Great Britain
Kriegsgefangener
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Großbritannien
Deutschland
Krijgsgevangenen.
Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Duitsland.
1933-1945
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book examines how the UK government protected the lives, interests, and well-being of its POWs in Nazi Germany. The comparatively good treatment of British POWs in Germany has been explained in terms of self-interest. Wylie presents a more nuanced picture of Anglo-German relations and the politics of prisoners of war.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
ISBN:9780191576348
0191576344
9780199547593
0199547599