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

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Label

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

Title remainder

Britain, Germany, and the politics of prisoners of war 1939-1945

Statement of responsibility

Neville Wylie

Creator

• Wylie, Neville, 1966-

Subject

• Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1936-1945
• Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany
• Prisoners of war -- Germany
• Prisoners of war -- Government policy -- Great Britain
• Prisoners of war -- Great Britain
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German
• Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945

Language

eng

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

Dewey number

940.547243

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized