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Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
by Reeves, Richard | PB | Good
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- Infamy : the Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
- Item Length
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- Publisher
- Picador
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
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- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
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- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE * Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II "Highly readable . . . [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people." --Evan Thomas, The New York Times Book Review After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed an executive order that forced more than 120,000 Japanese Americans into primitive camps for the rest of war. Their only crime: looking like the enemy. In Infamy , acclaimed historian Richard Reeves delivers a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes--FDR, Earl Warren, Edward R. Murrow--were in this case villains. We also learn of internees who joined the military to fight for the country that had imprisoned their families, even as others fought for their rights all the way to the Supreme Court. The heart of the book, however, tells the poignant stories of those who endured years in "war relocation camps," many of whom suffered this injustice with remarkable grace. Racism and war hysteria led to one of the darkest episodes in American history. But by recovering the past, Infamy has given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.
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Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
1250081688
ISBN-13
9781250081681
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211272836
Product Key Features
Book Title
Infamy : the Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publication Year
2016
Genre
History
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D769.8.A6r43 2016
Reviews
"The forced relocation and internment of [Japanese Americans during WWII] was a racially based insult to our purported ideals. Reeves, an award-winning journalist, recounts the unfolding of this outrage with a justifiable sense of moral indignation.... This is a painful but necessary and timely reminder of how overblown fears about national security can have shameful consequences." -- Booklist (starred review) "An engaging and comprehensive depiction of an essential, but sometimes overlooked, era of U.S. history... Reeves unearths and makes public a painful national memory, but he does so while maintaining the dignity of those held behind barbed wire and unmasking the callous racism and disregard of the people who put them there." -- Kirkus Reviews "[Reeves] not only plumbed letters, memoirs, and the relevant archives but interviewed survivors to present a thoroughgoing account of the creation of the internment camps, the primitive conditions there, and the xenophobia and vengefulness of people at that time--even highly regarded individuals like Earl Warren, Edward T. Murrow, and FDR himself." -- Library Journal "Richard Reeves's book on the harsh, prolonged and unjustified internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II is a detailed account of a painful and shameful period in modern American history. Infamy combines Reeves's journalist's training with his historian's eye to give us a page-turner on how hysteria at the highest levels can shatter our most fundamental rights. Brace yourself and read this very important book." -- Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation " Infamy tells the story of why and how the American government--with the full support of its citizenry--illegally interned Japanese-Americans. Richard Reeves even-handedly examines this dangerous precedent-setting time when the Constitution was trampled by misinformation, prejudice, and fear. Today as Muslim and Hispanic immigrants are being blamed for America's ills, Infamy is a timely and important read." -- James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and The China Mirage, A page-turner... . Brace yourself and read this very important book. - Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation "A compulsively readable, emotionally rich and passionately written account of the internment ... . Reeves' excellent Infamy , the first popular, general history of the subject in more than 25 years, reminds us that not only can it happen here, it did." - Los Angeles Times
Table of Content
Introduction 1. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 2. By Order of the President Signing of Executive Order 9066: February 19, 1942 3. Only What They Could Carry Public Proclamation Number 1: March 2, 1942 4. "Keep This a White Man's Country" The Opening of the Concentration Camps: March 22 to October 6, 1942 5. A Desert Christma s December 25, 1942 6. Uncle Sam, Finally, Wants You Nisei Enlistment: January 29, 1943 7. "loyals" and "disloyals" Tule Lake: September 1943 8. "Is That the American Way?" Heart Mountain Draft Resistance: February 1944 9. "Go for Broke" The Lost Battalion: October 30, 1944 10. Going "Home" V-J Day: August 15, 1945 Epilogue Biographical Notes Notes Bibliography 315 Acknowledgments 323 Index 327
Copyright Date
2016
Dewey Decimal
940.53/1773
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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