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

Reeves, Richard. 1936- (Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1250081688
ISBN: 9781250081681 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Edition: First Picador ed.
Publisher: New York : Picador, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-322) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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 I : 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 Christmas : 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.