TY  - GEN
T1  - Men in German uniform : POWs in America during World War II
T2  - Legacies of war.
A1  - Thompson, Antonio S. (Antonio Scott), 1975-
LA  - English
PP  - Knoxville
PB  - University of Tennessee Press
YR  - 2010
ED  - 1st ed.
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn704285176
AB  - Examining the largest prisoner-of-war handling operation in U.S. history, this book offers a meticulous account of the myriad history, problems as well as the impressive successes that came with housing 371,000 German POWs on American soil during World War II. Antonio Thompson draws on extensive archival research to probe the various ways in which the U.S. government strove to comply with the Geneva Convention mandate that enemy prisoners be moved from the war zone and given food, shelter, and clothing equal to that provided for American soldiers. While the prisoners became a ready source of manpower for the labor- starved American home front and received small wages in return, their stay in the United States generated more than a few difficulties, which included not only daunting logistics but also violence within the camps. Such violence was often blamed on Nazi influence and control; however, as Thompson points out, only a few of the prisoners were actually Nazis. Because the Germans had cobbled together military forces that included convicts, their own POWs, volunteers from neutral nations, and conscripts from occupied countries, the bonds that held these soldiers together amid the pressures of combat dissolved once they were placed behind barbed wire. When these men in German uniform, who were not always Germans, donned POW garb, their former social, racial, religious, and ethnic tensions quickly reemerged. To counter such troubles, American authorities organized various activities including sports, arts, education, and religion within the POW camps; some prisoners even participated in an illegal denazification program created by the U.S. government. Despite the problems, Thompson argues, the POW-housing program proved largely successful, as Americans maintained their reputation for fairness and humane treatment during a time of widespread turmoil.
OP  - 178
CN  - D805.U5 T455 2010eb
SN  - 9781572337428
SN  - 1572337427
SN  - 1283098563
SN  - 9781283098564
SN  - 9786613098566
SN  - 6613098566
SN  - 9781572337282
SN  - 1572337281
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Prisoners and prisons, American.
KW  - Prisoners of war : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Prisoners of war : Germany : History : 20th century.
KW  - Soldiers : Germany : History : 20th century.
KW  - Germans : United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Concentration camps : United States.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : United States.
KW  - Prisonniers de guerre : Allemagne : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Camps d'internement : États-Unis.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : États-Unis.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : World War II.
KW  - HISTORY : General.
KW  - Internment camps
KW  - Germans
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Germany
KW  - United States
KW  - HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - dissertations.
KW  - History
KW  - Academic theses.
KW  - Thèses et écrits académiques.
ER  -