| Description |
144 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
At issue in history |
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At issue in history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-138) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. The decision to relocate west coast Japanese Americans -- 1. Japanese Americans pose a serious threat to national security / Earl Warren -- 2. Mass evacuation of Japanese Americans is not justified / Galen M. Fisher -- 3. A military commander recommends evacuation / John L. DeWitt -- 4. Japanese Americans should cooperate with evacuation plans / San Francisco News -- 5. The role of racial prejudice in Japanese-American relocation / Geoffrey S. Smith -- 6. The relocation of Japanese Americans was not a racist or shameful episode / Dwight D. Murphey -- ch. 2. Constitutional questions raised by the treatment of Japanese Americans -- 1. Supreme Court justices disagree on Japanese-American evacuation , part 1 : Hugo Black ; part 2 : Frank Murphy -- 2. How disputed evidence affected the Korematsu case / David M. Kennedy -- 3. The Supreme Court's dismal failure to protect constitutional rights / Jacobus tenBroek, Edward N. Barnhart, and Floyd W. Matson -- 4. Balancing freedom and national security : a response to criticism of the Supreme Court internment decisions / William H. Rehnquist -- ch. 3. Legacies and lingering disputes concerning the internment of Japanese Americans -- 1. Internment centers for Japanese Americans should be called concentration camps / James Hirabayashi -- 2. Internment centers for Japanese Americans should not be called concentration camps / Richard Estrada -- 3. The Japanese-American community and the struggle for redress / Gary Y. Okihiro -- 4. Draft resistance by some internees has left divisions within the Japanese-American community / Norihiko Shirouzu -- 5. America's version of Holocaust revisionists / Robert Ito. |
| Subject |
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| ISBN |
0737708204 paperback alkaline paper |
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0737708212 library binding alkaline paper |
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