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

Infamy : the shocking story of the Japanese American internment in World War II / Richard Reeves.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reeves, Richard, 1936- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans.
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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