America's Japanese Hostages: The World War II Plan for a Japanese Free Latin America

by Thomas Connell

Connell uncovers a little known World War II top secret program. The United States demanded that Latin American governments deport--or allow the United States to take--anyone of Japanese ancestry and place them in camps in Texas and New Mexico. The plan was to trade them for American civilians held by the Japanese.

Although Peru was the most enthusiastic participant in this program, expelling nearly 5,000 Peruvian citizens of Japanese ancestry,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275975355
• ISBN13: 9780275975357
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 10.3"