General Information

Author/Creator

Vourkoutiotis, Vasilis, 1970-

Language

English.

Published

Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Physical Description

xi, 266 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Background Information -- Historical Background -- The Geneva Convention, and the National Prisoner of War Policies of Britain, Canada, the United States, and Germany, 1939 -- The Structure of Prisoner of War Affairs in Germany -- Part III: General Issues on Policy and Prisoner-of-war Camps -- Identification and Status of Prisoners of War -- Early Days: Issues surrounding Capture and Captivity -- General Camp Infrastructure -- IV. Crimes and Punishments of Prisoners of War -- Basic Issues -- Matters of Discipline -- Justice Matters -- Related Security Issues -- V. Economics and External Relations of Prisoners of War -- Labour and Finance -- External Relations of Prisoners of War -- VI. Final Assessments -- What the Inspectors Saw -- Policy Versus Evidence -- Conclusions.

Subjects

Subject

World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.

Prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.

Prisoners of war > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Vasilis Vourkoutiotis.

ISBN

140391169

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	940.54/7243 VOU		OSA Repository	Donation of Márk László-Herbert.

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