LEADER 04233ctm a2200493Ia 4500001 117515 005 20240621201552.0 008 060504s2000 xx rbm 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocm50484047 035 117515 043 cl-----n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 BBH |beng |erda |cBBH |dOCLCQ |dLHM 090 D769.8.A5 |bF75 2000 100 1 Friedman, Max Paul. 245 10 Nazis and good neighbors : |bthe United States campaign against the Germans of Latin America in World War II / |cby Max Paul Friedman. 246 30 United States campaign against Germans of Latin America in World War II 264 0 |c2000. 300 xxix, 479 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2000. 520 Perceiving an urgent security threat from the German population residing in Latin America on the eve of World War II, the Roosevelt administration organized the arrest, deportation, and internment in the United States of some 4000 German nationals from fifteen countries. Nazi activists had attracted a following and subdued resistance in the overseas German communities, but most expatriates-and most of the internees-were not the menacing potential subversives US officials believed them to be. Instead, Washington's traditional patronizing approach toward Latin America, which it viewed as a vulnerable area subject to manipulation by outside powers, contributed to the exaggeration of the German threat. So did sensationalist news reports and inaccurate intelligence assessments. Moreover, Germany's aggressive trade policy made it an increasingly important rival in a region US manufacturers considered their natural and indispensable market. FDR's Good Neighbor policy promised noninterference in the internal affairs of Latin American countries. The pressure exerted upon Latin American governments to force them to yield their German residents shows that the US abandoned noninterference while Roosevelt was still in office. The deportation program was the starkest, most direct anti-Axis operation undertaken in the region: the actual physical removal of persons associated with the enemy, and it is examined here for the first time using interviews and archival sources in seven countries. The policy is shown to be an overreaction that expanded from an emergency war measure to become an opportunity for the US to fortify its dominant economic position by targeting non-Nazi Germans whose businesses and plantations were replaced by US capital. The internments affected numerous individuals whose property was coveted by Latin American governments, or who were denounced anonymously, and even some persons labeled "Germans" although they held Latin American citizenship or were Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. This study demonstrates the dangers inherent in the clash between nation-states and their resident alien communities of complex national allegiances. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2006. |e22 cm. |7s2002 miun r 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xDeportations from Latin America. 650 0 Germans |xRelocation |zUnited States. 650 0 Jews |xRelocation |zUnited States. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xConcentration camps |zUnited States. 650 0 National security |zUnited States. 651 0 United States |xRelations |zLatin America. 651 0 Latin America |xRelations |zUnited States. 650 0 Anti-Nazi movement |zUnited States |xHistory. 650 0 Anti-Nazi movement |zLatin America |xHistory. 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 856 41 |uhttp://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=728432021&sid=10&Fmt=6&clientId=54617&RQT=309&VName=PQD |zElectronic version from ProQuest 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib117515/3001838.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 994 C0 |bLHM 852 0 |bstacks |hD769.8.A5 |iF75 2000 852 |bwww 852 0 |bebook