Nazis and Good Neighbors
Nazis and Good Neighbors
Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary
An exposé of a secret American operation during WWII to seize 4,000 German expatriates, including Jewish refugees, from Latin America and intern them in camps in the Texas desert. Research reveals the impact of this misguided policy, the failure to rescue Holocaust victims, and the treatment of wartime civilians.
The feel-good place to buy books
- Free delivery in Ireland
- Supporting authors with AuthorSHARE
- 100% recyclable packaging
- Proud to be a B Corp – A Business for good
- Buy-back with Ziffit
Nazis and Good Neighbors by Max Paul Friedman
This international history uncovers an American security program in which Washington reached into fifteen Latin American countries to seize more than 4,000 German expatriates and intern them in the Texas desert. The crowd of Nazi Party members, antifascist exiles, and even Jewish refugees were lumped together in camps riven by strife. The book, first published in 2003, examines the evolution of governmental policy, its impact on individuals and emigrant communities, and the ideological assumptions that blinded officials in both Washington and Berlin to Latin American realities. Franklin Roosevelt's vaunted Good Neighbor policy was a victim of this effort to force reluctant Latin American governments to hand over their German residents, while the operation ruined an opportunity to rescue victims of the Holocaust. This study makes a very contemporary argument: that security measures based on group affiliation rather than individual actions are as unjust and ineffective in foreign policy as they are in law enforcement.
'Without doubt, Nazis and Good Neighbors is eloquently written, free of jargon and commonplaces, and highly accessibleOne has to give Friedman credit for providing a lively and gripping account …'. Journal of Latin American Studies
'Nazis and Good Neighbors is a valuable contribution to scholarship on the wartime involvement of the smaller Latin American republics. Friedman has written a meticulous study about a long-forgotten aspect of transatlantic history, which has gained new relevance lately … It adds a fascinating perspective … this book is brilliantly written and offers many vivid examples, well chosen illustrations and personal recollections …' Iberoamericana
'Nazis and Good Neighbors is a valuable contribution to scholarship on the wartime involvement of the smaller Latin American republics. Friedman has written a meticulous study about a long-forgotten aspect of transatlantic history, which has gained new relevance lately … It adds a fascinating perspective … this book is brilliantly written and offers many vivid examples, well chosen illustrations and personal recollections …' Iberoamericana
Max Paul Friedman is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University. His work has been published in Diplomatic History, The Americas, and The Oral History Review. Before entering academia he was assistant producer for National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' and a freelance writer published in the Washington Post, New York Newsday, Atlanta Constitution, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Orlando Sentinel, and other newspapers and magazines.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521675352 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521675359 |
| Title | Nazis and Good Neighbors |
| Author | Max Paul Friedman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
| Prizes | Winner of Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies Alfred B.Thomas Award 2003-2004 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |