“A captivating and well written and well researched book that is highly recommended for those interested in the plight of POWs and the difficulties surrounding negotiations with both belligerents and allies.” — Journal of Military History
“Offers an important glimpse into a neglected aspect of wartime diplomacy.” — Central European History
“Carefully researched… written in an accessible and engaging fashion. . . . Kochavi successfully marries a traditional narrative policy study with social history.” — H-German
“Highly recommended.” — CHOICE
“[Confronting Captivity is] an excellent, thoroughly researched study enlivened by many quotations from the diaries and letters of World War II POWs.” — Foreign Affairs
“Kochavi’s book… is the topic’s definitive work. . . . Kochavi’s fine book fully illuminates the political aspects of the POW issue from the allied side. His treatment of German policies, while thoughtful, actually opens up a new area for fascinating research.” — Journal of Modern History
“Arieh Kochavi’s superbly researched study illuminates, in all its detail, this previously understudied aspect of World War II diplomatic and military history.” — Mark A. Stoler, author of Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War II
“A lucidly written, thorough, and judicious account of a long-neglected but important aspect of World War II. Specialists will learn a good deal from it and all readers interested in the war will be fascinated by it.” — Ronald Spector, George Washington University
