Britain, Germany, and the politics of prisoners of war, 1939-1945 /
Neville Wylie.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
xii, 312 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
Explaining coordination and cooperation in Anglo-German Relations, 1939-1945 -- Building the interwar POW regime -- POWs and Anglo-German relations, 1939-1941 -- The amateurs try their hand : the provision of relief parcels, 1940-1941 -- The POW regime, October 1941-December 1942 : from "cooperation" to "coordination" -- The shadow of the shackling crisis, 1943 -- The role of the Dominions in British POW policy -- The limits of attraction : British POW policy and the "Great Escape", 1944 -- Avoiding Götterdämmerung, 1945.
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"Expanding our understanding of both the formulation and execution of POW policy in both capitals, the book sheds new light on the dynamics in inter-belligerent relations during the war. It suggests that while the Second World War should be rightly acknowledged as a conflict in which traditional constraints were routinely abandoned in the pursuit of political, strategic, and ideological goals, in this important area of Anglo-German relations, customary international norms were both resilient and effective."--Jacket.
BMBF-Statusseminar
Prisoners of war-- Germany.
Prisoners of war-- Government policy-- Great Britain.
Prisoners of war-- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945-- Prisoners and prisons, German.