Enemies in the Empire: Civilian Internment in the British Empire During the First World War

by David Ogg

Book Overview

During the First World War, Britain was the epicentre of global mass internment and deportation operations. Germans, Austro-Hungarians, Turks, and Bulgarians who had settled in Britain and its overseas territories were deemed to be a potential danger to the realm through their ties with the Central Powers and were classified as 'enemy aliens'. A complex set of wartime legislation imposed limitations on their freedom of movement, expression, and property...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198850158
• ISBN13: 9780198850151
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"