Panikos Panayi Senior Lecturer in History,De Montfort University, Leicester

'... will remain a useful reference work on the subject for some time to come.'The Slavonic Review'... will serve as the authoritative work on the subject for decades to come.'Choice'... a sound piece of historical research which fills a definite gap in our understanding of the British home front during the Great War, not to mention the position of aliens within British society.'German History

• Victorian and Edwardian background; measures against alien enemies; internment and repatriation; the experience of internment; measures against German business interests; anti-German sentiment: spy-fever, anti-alienism and the hidden hand; anti-German manifestations - witchhunts, boycotts, and movements; anti-German riots; support for alien enemies.

Panikos Panayi Senior Lecturer in History,De Montfort University, Leicester

'... will remain a useful reference work on the subject for some time to come.'The Slavonic Review'... will serve as the authoritative work on the subject for decades to come.'Choice'... a sound piece of historical research which fills a definite gap in our understanding of the British home front during the Great War, not to mention the position of aliens within British society.'German History

• Victorian and Edwardian background; measures against alien enemies; internment and repatriation; the experience of internment; measures against German business interests; anti-German sentiment: spy-fever, anti-alienism and the hidden hand; anti-German manifestations - witchhunts, boycotts, and movements; anti-German riots; support for alien enemies.