Infamy : The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II (Paperback)

from nbmars

Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, there was a great deal of anger and fear towards Japanese Americans. Less than eight weeks later, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 (February 19, 1942) authorizing the Secretary of War and U.S. armed forces ...

from etsmith

Many years ago when I served as district director of a congressional office, an elderly Japanese gentleman came to see me to discuss the Congressman's position on a resolution apologizing for the internment of over 120,000 Japanese who had resided on the West coast during the aftermath of Pearl H...

from pdebolt

Richard Reeves has researched the history of the Japanese American internment very thoroughly. The brutal facts of their incarceration following President Roosevelt's decree are combined with the personal stories that make this a compelling read. It is haunting to realize how many Japanese Americ...

from sherman1951

My initial thought about Infamy was Why another book about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII? There have been hundreds of books and articles about this stain on American justice and the over-reaction of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Richard Reeves addresses this issu...

from twp77

Richard Reeve's Infamy is a useful contribution to the study of one of the darkest periods for civil liberties in US history, namely the treatment of West Coast Japanese and Japanese Americans during the Second World War. The myriad stories of families ripped apart, dreams destroyed, confidence d...