Civilian Internment during the First World War

Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University. UK. A twentieth-century specialist working across and beyond the borders of Europe, he has co-edited two essay collections on First World War captivity, and is author of the British Civilian Internees in Germany: The Ruhleben Camp, 1914-18 (2008).

• 1.Introduction.- 2. First World War Internment across the Globe.- 3. Internment and War Governance in the First World War.- 4. Imagining Internment: International Law, Social Order and National Community.- 5. Internment and International Activism: The Search for More Humane Alternatives.- 6. (Not) Ending Internment: The Years 1918-20.- 7. Conclusion and Epilogue.