Research Catalog

Title

Years of infamy : the untold story of America's concentration camps / Michi Nishiura Weglyn ; with an introduction by James A. Michener.

Author

Weglyn, Michi, 1926-

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

351 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Subjects

• World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > United States
• Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-342) and index.

Contents

• 1. The Secret Munson Report -- 2. Hostages -- 3. "So the Army Could Handle the Japs" -- 4. Outcasts -- 5. Reentry into America -- 6. "Dear Mr. President" -- 7. Storm Warnings -- 8. Loyalty - Disloyalty -- 9. Tule Lake -- App. 1 Knox Demand for Wholesale Internment of Hawaiian Japanese -- App. 2 Addendum, March 11, 1942, to J. C. S. 11, February 12, 1942, Adopted by the Joint U. S. Chiefs of Staff on March 9, 1942 -- App. 3 Distribution of Japanese Relief Goods Received on Exchange Ship M. S. Gripsholm on December 1, 1943 -- App. 4 Surveillance Behind Barbed Wire -- App. 5 Censorship of Relocation Center Publications -- App. 6 Presidential Proclamation No. 2655 -- App. 7 Selected Documents Relating to Hostage-Reserve Project -- App. 8 Memorandum to Cordell Hull: Postwar Deportation of Japanese Americans Discussed in Relation to Possible Measures to Be Pursued by Canada -- App. 9 Army Warning to Governor Earl Warren that Returnees Must Be Allowed Safe Return --
• App. 10 Jay Franklin's Covering Memorandum; Naval Communication Service Memorandum -- App. 11 Leave Clearance Interview Questions -- App. 12 Convinced that Pending High Court Cases Would Be Lost, Biddle Refuses to Prosecute on the Basis of Executive Order 9066 -- 10. The Stockade -- 11. To Liberate or Not to Liberate -- 12. Renunciation -- 13. Native American Aliens -- 14. Epilogue.

ISBN

0295974842 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95045374

OCLC

• 33335120
• ocm33335120

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries