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Infamy, the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II, Richard Reeves

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Infamy, the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II, Richard Reeves

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-322) and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Infamy

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881041967

Responsibility statement

Richard Reeves

Sub title

the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II

Summary

Former Frontline journalist Reeves (Portrait of Camelot ) examines the key causes and dire consequences of the Japanese-American internment in relocation camps during WWII, concentrating on a shortsighted military strategy and anti-Japanese sentiment following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor

Table Of Contents

Pearl Harbor : December 7, 1941 -- By order of the President : signing of Executive Order 9066, February 19, 1942 -- Only what they could carry : Public Proclamation Number 1, March 2, 1942 -- "Keep this a white man's country" : the opening of the concentration camps, March 22 to October 6, 1942 -- A desert Christmas : December 25, 1942 -- Uncle Sam, finally, wants you : Nisei enlistment, January 29, 1943 -- "Loyals" and "disloyals" : Tule Lake, September 1943 -- "Is that the American way?" : Heart Mountain draft resistance, February 1944 -- "Go for broke" : the Lost Battalion, October 30, 1944 -- Going "home" : V-J Day, August 15, 1945

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