Infamy : the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II /
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.
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New York, New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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.