Title: Such splendid prisons : diplomatic detainment in America during World War II /
Authors: Solomon, Harvey,
Year: 2020
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, American.; Prisoners of war United States Biography; Diplomats Germany Biography; Diplomats Japan Biography; Diplomatic and consular service, German United States History; Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese United States History; Germans Government policy United States History; Japanese Government policy United States History; World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history.; Diplomatic and consular service, German.; Diplomatic and consular service, Japanese.; Diplomatic history.; Diplomatic relations.; Diplomats; Japanese Government policy.; Prisoners of war; United States Foreign relations; Germany; Japan; United States
Abstract: "Harvey Solomon tells the vivid story of the roundup, captivity, and eventual repatriation of Axis diplomats and their families who were stranded in the nation's capital after the bombing of Pearl Harbor"--
Contents: On the diplomatic front lines -- Rivals and arrivals -- Soirees to spies -- Inactive vigilance -- Reverberations of war -- Isolation versus intervention -- War wary -- Full speed ahead -- Executing an exodus -- Fenced inn -- Moving daze -- (Not so) happy new year -- Watched while waiting -- Quiet desperation -- Life at the homestead -- "But still they complain -- " -- Twice removed -- A feud renewed -- Homeward, unbound -- Perplexing passage East -- Home aghast -- Vichyswap -- Last grasp.