Internment in Switzerland during the First World War 1350037737, 9781350037731

In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is kn

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Internment in Switzerland during the First World War
1350037737, 9781350037731

In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is kn

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In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is kn

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Although civilian internment has become associated with the Second World War in popular memory, it has a longer history.

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This book is the first major study of civilian internment during the First World War as both a European and global pheno

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Some eight thousand immigrant-settlers of "enemy" nationality - so called enemy aliens - were interned as civi

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In contrast to the voluminous literature on trench warfare, few scholarly works have been written on how the First World

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The internment of ‘enemy aliens’ during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of hum

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