Enemies in the Empire

Reviews / Votes

Manz and Panayi use meticulous and extensive archival research across global collections - in Germany, South Africa, and India, as well as the UK - to make a compelling case for the centrality of internment to the British Empire's warfare and security during this time of global conflict. An important modeling for historians of war, empire, and global histories alike. * Anna Maguire, University College London, American Historical Review * Magisterial in its approach and scope, and a fine example of the recent shift to study the First World War in global terms. Manz and Panayi have added considerably to the 'imperial turn' in world war studies. A seminal study. * Ian van der Waag, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Scientia Militaria * This book's significance extends beyond the authors' success at demonstrating the ties that bound the British empire's internment camps to policy-makers in London. It offers a much-needed comparative perspective and highlights under-studied aspects of the internment experience. [...] admirable breadth [...]. A noteworthy addition to the field, this book is recommended reading for scholars and students of the First World War and wartime incarceration * Brian K. Feltman, Georgia Southern University, USA, English Historical Review * This book is a welcome addition to the body of literature on this important subject, and the authors are to be admired for their continuing work to develop serious academic interest in it. * Matthew Richarson, Manx National Heritage, Folk Life: The Journal of Ethnological Studies * An important contribution ... In contrast to previous scholarship, which was concerned with specific states, the two authors succeed in broadening the focus through their international comparative and innovative methodological approach (imperial turn, spatial turn, gender studies). * Mathis J. Gronau, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Zeitschrift fuer Geschichtswissenschaft [translated] *