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Author Mallett, Derek R., 1969-

Title Hitler's generals in America : Nazi POWs and allied military intelligence / Derek R. Mallett
Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2013

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Contents Afrikaner and Französen -- Hitler's generals come to America -- The seeds of the American transformation -- Re-educating Hitler's generals? -- Cold War allies
Summary Americans are familiar with prisoner of war narratives that detail Allied soldiers' treatment at the hands of Germans in World War II: popular books and movies like The Great Escape and Stalag 17 have offered graphic and award-winning depictions of the American POW experience in Nazi camps. Less is known, however, about the Germans captured and held in captivity on U.S. soil during the war. In Hitler's Generals in America, Derek R. Mallett examines the evolution of the relationship between American officials and the Wehrmacht general officers they held as prisoners of war in the United States b
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
Prisoners of war -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Generals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence.
Cold War -- Military intelligence
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Military -- United States.
Generals
Military intelligence
Prisoners of war
Germany
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813142531
0813142539
9780813142524
0813142520