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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lindsay, Deborah G., 1951- Behind barbed wire Irvine : Universal Publishers, 2020 (DLC) 2020001537 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Deborah G Lindsay |
ISBN: | 9781627342988 1627342982 |
OCLC Number: | 1137735529 |
Description: | xvii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Origination of Concentration Camps: Reconcentrados in Cuba -- The U.S. Military vs. the Filipinos -- American Indian Reservations -- British Refugee Camps during the Boer War -- German Concentration Camps in South West Africa -- The Soviet Gulag -- Military Necessity and Institutional Extremism -- A Climate of Bigotry: The Persecution of European Jews -- The "Aryan Race" vs. the "Undesirables" -- The Nazi Concentration Camp System -- Yellow Peril: The Japanese Internment Camps -- Lesser Known Concentration Camps. |
Other Titles: | History of concentration camps from the reconcentrados to the Nazi system, 1896-1945 |
Responsibility: | Deborah G. Lindsay. |
Abstract:
"Most people associate concentration camps with Nazi Germany. Behind Barbed Wire examines how these notorious World War II camps actually reflected a previous use of the system, a system that began almost a century earlier. In truth, Adolf Hitler had studied the American Indian Reservations as he plotted his regime's attack on European Jews and other minorities. Remarkably, in the years between the reservations and the Nazi camps, the United States, along with several other Western powers, implemented concentration camps throughout the globe, each instance employing more and more barbaric measures with harsher and harsher outcomes. Behind Barbed Wire explains how these nations dubiously justified camp operations by citing military counterinsurgency tactics, containment policies, and simply the ability to prosecute war more easily. This brief history addresses the subliminal reasons for relocating hundreds of thousands of civilians, why the system became so prevalent, and how concentration camps existed under the cover of armed conflict. It argues that, most often, camps can be facilitated only under the guise of war. Anyone with an interest in military history, World War II, concentration camps, and the plight of the Jews will discover how all these topics converge into a compelling story of war, bigotry, and military might. Behind Barbed Wire also sheds light on the concentration camp systems that have been employed since the fall of the Nazi dictatorship. With current geopolitical issues focusing on elitism, xenophobia, deplorables, terrorism, and military necessity, this book offers some understanding about the unintended consequences of policy"--
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