Refugees in the age of total war / introduction by Michael R. Marrus ; edited by Anna C. Bramwell.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

The concept of the term "refugee", Goran Melander; a historical survey of 20th century expulsions, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas; Armenian refugees - accidents of diplomacy or victims of ideology?, Christopher J.Walker; Weimar Germany and the Ostjuden 1918-1923 - acceptance or expulsion, John P.Fox; German and European Jewish refugees 1933-45 - reflections on the Jewish condition under Hitler and the western world's response to their expulsion and flight, John P.Fox; religion, refugees and the US government, Bruce Nichols; the re-settlement of ethnic Germans 1939-41, Anna C. Bramwell; refugees from the eastern provinces of Italy after l943, Daniele Moro; German refugee scholars in Great Britain 1933-45, Gerhard Hirschfeld; German refugees after 1945 - a British dilemma, Hansake Persson; refugees and Ruhr miners - a case study of the impact of refugees on post-war German society, Mark Roseman; repatriation and resistance - Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons in occupied Germany and Austria 1945-48, Yury Boshyk; Polish refugees as military potential - policy objectives of the Polish government in exile, Anita J.Prazmowska; the absorption of Poles into civilian employment in Britain 1945-50, Keith Sword; the initial absorption of the Palestinian refugees in the Arab host countries 1948-49, Benny Morris; Palestinians in Lebanon - insecurity and flux, Rosemary Sayigh; Palestine refugees, economic integration and durable solutions, Howard Adelman; bureaucratization and political commitment - challenges for NGO refugee assistance, C.Michael Lanphier; the refugee determination procedure in Belgium and the role of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Johan Cels and Gil Loescher.

This book results from an international symposium held in Oxford in 1985, which brought together scholars from various disciplines to share their knowledge and broaden their understanding of refugee issues. The articles consider not only those who flee from war and civil strife, but also the unknown but probably greater numbers of people who are uprooted within their own homelands because of environmental degradation and the consequent threat of starvation. Particular emphasis is placed on examining the period following the Second World War with the hope of furthering the understanding of present day issues. Parallels are drawn between what is happening in now in Africa, Asia, Central and Latin America and the situation in Europe in the years leading up to and after World War II. Similarities are looked at, but attention is also drawn to the differences of scale, locality and the attitudes of the wealthier host and donor nations.