Stefan Manz, Professor of German and Global History, Aston University, Birmingham,Panikos Panayi, Professor of European History, De Montfort University, Leicester

Stefan Manz is Professor of German and Global History at Aston University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His last monograph on the German diaspora before 1914 was named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Manz has received funding from a number of international bodies and serves on the AHRC Peer Review College. He is a visiting Research Fellow at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Panikos Panayi is Professor of European History at De Montfort University and a leading authority on the position of ethnic minorities in the modern world, a field in which he has published widely. His research has received funding from a wide variety of bodies including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

"This book's significance extends beyond the authors' success at demonstrating the ties that bound the British empire's internment camps to policy-makers in London. It offers a much-needed comparative perspective and highlights under-studied aspects of the internment experience. [...] admirable breadth [...]. A noteworthy addition to the field, this book is recommended reading for scholars and students of the First World War and wartime incarceration" -- Brian K. Feltman, English Historical Review

"Magisterial in its approach and scope, and a fine example of the recent shift to study the First World War in global terms. Manz and Panayi have added considerably to the 'imperial turn' in world war studies.... A seminal study." -- Ian van der Waag, Scientia Militaria

"This book is a welcome addition to the body of literature on this important subject, and the authors are to be admired for their continuing work to develop serious academic interest in it." -- Matthew Richarson, Folk Life: The Journal of Ethnological Studies

"An important contribution ... In contrast to previous scholarship, which was concerned with specific states, the two authors succeed in broadening the focus through their international comparative and innovative methodological approach (imperial turn, spatial turn, gender studies)." -- Mathis J. Gronau, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft [translated]