Nazis and Good Neighbors

This book is an expos of a secret American operation during World War II to seize 4,000 Germans from Latin America and intern them in camps in the Texas desert. Rather than Nazi spies and saboteurs, they turned out to be a broad range of German immigrants, even Jewish refugees, most of whom posed no danger to national security. Research in seven countries reveals the diplomatic intrigues and human impact of a misguided policy that offers important lessons about US relations with Latin America, the failure to rescue victims of the Holocaust, and the treatment of civilians in wartime.

Author: Max Paul Friedman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 09/25/2003
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.36w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780521822466

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2004 pg. 1723

About the Author
Friedman, Max Paul: - 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.