American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II

by Eric L. Muller

Book Overview

When the U.S. government forced 70,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry into internment camps in 1942, it created administrative tribunals to pass judgment on who was loyal and who was disloyal. In American Inquisition, Eric Muller relates the untold story of exactly how military and civilian bureaucrats judged these tens of thousands of American citizens during wartime.
Some citizens were deemed loyal and were freed, but one in four...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807831735
• ISBN13: 9780807831731
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"