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Author Robinson, Greg, 1966-

Title By order of the president : FDR and the internment of Japanese Americans / Greg Robinson.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  940.5472 ROB    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  940.5308 ROBINSON    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  940.5317 ROBINSON    Check Shelf
Description 322 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction -- Racial fear emerges -- War abroad, suspicion at home -- FDR's decision to intern -- Implementing an undemocratic policy -- Covering a retreat -- Equal justice delayed -- President of all the people?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [264]-310) and index.
Summary On February 19, 1942, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and Japanese successes in the Pacific, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed for the summary removal of Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese descent from their West Coast homes, and their incarceration under guard in camps. Amid the numerous histories of this shameful event, FDR's contributions have been seen as negligible. Now, using Roosevelt's own writings and other documents, historian Robinson reveals the president's central role in the internment and examines not only what the president did but why. This book attempts to explain how a great humanitarian leader, while fighting a war to preserve democracy, could have implemented such a profoundly unjust and undemocratic policy toward his own people. It reminds us of the power of a president's beliefs on public policy and of the need for citizen vigilance to protect against potential abuses.--From publisher description.
Subject Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. (OCoLC)fst00032031
Japanese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00981441
Forced removal and internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1945) (OCoLC)fst01801850
Chronological Term 1942-1945
ISBN 0674006399 alkaline paper
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