Internment during the Second World War

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Pistol's well-researched review of Axis and Japanese American internship during WW II in both Great Britain (Isle of Man) and the US (West Coast) is well and clearly written ... This very challenging book is expertly written and very welcome in the study of internment during WW II. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE * The kind of comparative history in which Pistol engages in this book yields valuable and timely insights ... [T]his is a good book that makes valid points. It would be of interest to scholars of the Second World War in general and civilian internees in particular. Moreover, Pistol's fluid writing style might also make this book appealing to the casual reader. * H-Net Reviews * The internment of 'enemy aliens' (those of German, Italian and Japanese origin) in Britain and America during the Second World War remains little known. In this superbly researched account, Rachel Pistol provides the first comparative study explaining why such illiberal policies were implemented. This books allows understanding of the processes, experiences and memories of internment with disturbing relevance to the twenty first century and the world of Donald Trump and Brexit. * Tony Kushner, Marcus Sieff Professor of the History of Jewish/non Jewish Relations, University of Southampton * As the first volume to compare at length the official confinement of civilians in Great Britain and the United States, this book not only breaks new ground but propels readers into reflections on prejudice, citizenship, and ethnicity. * Greg Robinson, Professor of History at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada *