| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Diplomats -- Germany -- Biography.
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Diplomats. |
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Germany. |
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Diplomats -- Japan -- Biography.
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Japan. |
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Diplomatic and consular service, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Diplomatic and consular service, German. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese. |
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Germans -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Germans. |
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Government policy. |
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Japanese -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Japanese -- Government policy. |
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Japanese. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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Diplomatic history. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Solomon, Harvey. Such splendid prisons. [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020] 9781640120846 (DLC) 2019015764 (OCoLC)1090015479 |
| ISBN |
9781640122895 (electronic book) |
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1640122893 (electronic book) |
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9781640120846 |
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164012084X |
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9781640122871 (epub) |
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9781640122888 (mobi) |
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