The Japanese American Cases: The Rule of Law in Time of War

by Roger Daniels

Book Overview

After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, claiming a never documented "military necessity," ordered the removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II solely because of their ancestry. As Roger Daniels movingly describes, almost all reluctantly obeyed their government and went peacefully to the desolate camps provided for them.

Daniels, however, focuses on four Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans, who, aided...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700619267
• ISBN13: 9780700619269
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"