Out of Line, Out of Place

Rotem Kowner is Professor of History and Japanese Studies at the University of Haifa. He is the author of From White to Yellow and Tsushima.Iris Rachamimov is Associate Professor of History at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of POWs and the Great War.

• Introduction: Military, Civilian, and Political Internments: Examining Great War Internments Together, by Iris Rachamimov and Rotem KownerPart I: Internments in Europe1. (Dis)entangling the Local, the National, and the International: Civilian Internment in Germany and in German-Occupied France and Belgium in Global Context, by Matthew Stibbe2. The Captives of the Kaiser: Schutzhaft and Political Prisoners in Germany, by André Keil3. Securitized Protection: Health Work in Wartime Austria-Hungary and the Making of Refugee Camps, by Doina Anca Cretu4. Alexandra Palace: A Concentration Camp in the Heart of London, by Assaf Mond5. Prisoner-of-War Civilian Experience: The Role of Profession among POWs, by Lena Radauer6. The Face and Race of the Enemy: German POW Photographs as a Weapon of War, by Nancy FitchPart II: Internments Beyond Europe7. "Enemies of Our Country": Internment in Canada's Rocky Mountains National Park, 1915–1917, by Bohdan S. Kordan8. Globalizing Captivity: "Little Germany in China", by Naoko Shimazu9. German Propaganda and the African and Asian Theaters of the War, by Mahon MurphyPart III: Interwar Repurcussions and Beyond10. Internment after the War's End: "Humanitarian Camps" in the POW Repatriation Process, 1918–1923, by Hazuki Tate11. POWs, Civilians, and the Postwar Development of International Humanitarian Law, by Neville Wylie and Sarina LandefeldConclusion: World War I and Its Internments: Final Remarks, by Iris Rachamimov and Rotem Kowner

This book has great merit. It compares various case studies in Europe and beyond and, thus, offers a broad picture of internment operations. Such a wide-ranging approach presents the multiple categories of individuals interned, including combatants, enemy aliens, and political prisoners; widespread camp locations; and connections among state practices. The reflections that chapters propose on the global character of this wartime phenomena also helps foster an understanding of the First World War beyond the battlefield and beyond the period of 1914–18.(H-Net) For all these reasons, this book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the history of internment and war captivity.(H-net)