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Prisoners, diplomats, and the Great War : a study in the diplomacy of captivity

Speed argues that while the pressures of total war, as they emerged during the conflict, drove the belligerents to violate many of the norms of war, they attempted to behave in accordance with a liberal tradition of captivity which held that prisoners of war were merely men whom nobody had a right to harm.
Print Book, English, 1990
Greenwood Press, New York, 1990
History
x, 244 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
9780313267291, 0313267294
20694547
Preface Introduction The Diplomats Prison Camp Inspection: "The American Scheme" The Diplomacy of Captivity: Europe The German-American Diplomacy of Captivity The Soldiers Captivity in Germany Captivity in France Captivity in the United Kingdom Captivity in Russia German Prisoners and the American Expeditionary Force in France The Civilians "Alien Enemy": A Special Problem in Wartime Captivity "Alien Enemies" and War Prisoners in America Armistice and Aftermath Repatriation, Revolution and the Radical Tradition Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index
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