Tragedy of Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Greg Robinson, a native of New York City, is associate professor of history at l'Université du Québec à Montréal and author of By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans . Greg Robinson, a native of New York City, is associate professor of history at l'Université du Québec à Montréal and author of By Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans . Klappentext The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Drawing on newly discovered material, Greg Robinson reveals for the first time the extent of the American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed "concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers the aftermath of confinement, including the place of Japanese Americans in postwar civil rights and redress struggles. Most remarkably, "A Tragedy of Democracy" is the first book to analyze official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland alongside martial law and the imposition of military tribunals in wartime Hawaii, as well as Canada's confinement of 22,000 ethnic Japanese from British Columbia. Approaching Japanese confinement as a transnational phenomenon, "A Tragedy of Democracy" offers a kaleidoscopic understanding of its genesis and outcomes. Zusammenfassung The confinement of some 120!000 Japanese Americans during World War II! often called the Japanese American internment! has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Drawing on newly discovered material! Greg Robinson reveals for the first time the extent of the American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed "concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers the aftermath of confinement! including the place of Japanese Americans in postwar civil rights and redress struggles. Most remarkably! "A Tragedy of Democracy" is the first book to analyze official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland alongside martial law and the imposition of military tribunals in wartime Hawaii! as well as Canada's confinement of 22!000 ethnic Japanese from British Columbia. Approaching Japanese confinement as a transnational phenomenon! "A Tragedy of Democracy" offers a kaleidoscopic understanding of its genesis and outcomes. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Note on Terminology Introduction 1. Background to Confinement 2. The Decision to Remove Ethnic Japanese from the West Coast 3. Removal from the West Coast and Control of Ethnic Japanese Outside 4. The Camp Experience 5. Military Service and Legal Challenges 6. The End of Confinement and the Postwar Readjustment of Issei and Nisei 7. Redress and the Bitter Heritage Notes Acknowledgments Index...

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The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Drawing on newly discovered material, Greg Robinson reveals for the first time the extent of the American government's surveillance of Japanese communities in the years leading up to war and the construction of what officials termed "concentration camps" for enemy aliens. He also considers the aftermath of confinement, including the place of Japanese Americans in postwar civil rights and redress struggles. Most remarkably, "A Tragedy of Democracy" is the first book to analyze official policy toward West Coast Japanese Americans within a North American context. Robinson studies confinement on the mainland alongside martial law and the imposition of military tribunals in wartime Hawaii, as well as Canada's confinement of 22,000 ethnic Japanese from British Columbia. Approaching Japanese confinement as a transnational phenomenon, "A Tragedy of Democracy" offers a kaleidoscopic understanding of its genesis and outcomes.

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A Note on Terminology
Introduction

1. Background to Confinement
2. The Decision to Remove Ethnic Japanese from the West Coast
3. Removal from the West Coast and Control of Ethnic Japanese Outside
4. The Camp Experience
5. Military Service and Legal Challenges
6. The End of Confinement and the Postwar Readjustment of Issei and Nisei
7. Redress and the Bitter Heritage
   Notes
   Acknowledgments
   Index