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Article: WWII Diplomats who had to leave DC

Posted: Fri January 12th, 2018, 10:15 pm
by princess garnet
I wanted to share this interesting story about the diplomats who had to leave DC for their security during the early years of WWII:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a- ... f3fd961489
As mentioned in the article, the book Such Splendid Prisons will be published next year.

Re: Article: WWII Diplomats who had to leave DC

Posted: Fri January 12th, 2018, 11:33 pm
by MLE (Emily Cotton)
What an interesting bit of info! The resorts might have been nice, but I doubt being penned up there for years was much fun.

Re: Article: WWII Diplomats who had to leave DC

Posted: Tue February 4th, 2020, 5:09 am
by Writer by Trade
Such Splendid Prisons: Diplomatic Detainment in America during World War II has been published by Potomac Books. See the author's presentation on C-SPAN at https://www.c-span.org/video/?467842-1/ ... id-prisons