The Great Betrayal: The Evacuation of the Japanese-Americans During World War II
A broad history of the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, drawing on interviews and archival research to trace the story from the prewar years through the camps and beyond.
Work Information
A careful history of Japanese American incarceration that centers the voices of the people who lived through it.
This book retells the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans not only through administrative decisions and military logic, but also through the experiences of the people who were uprooted. By following prewar history, eviction, camp life, and the postwar legacy as one continuous story, it exposes the contradictions embedded in wartime America.
Review Summaries
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Its broad research base and accessible narrative are widely appreciated, especially the way it brings individual experiences into focus. Some readers, however, feel that its conclusion is a little too optimistic.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co
- Published
- 1969-10-01
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780025425309
- ISBN-10
- 0025425307
- Price
- 2599 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/History/Americas/United States
Chronicles the infamous evacuation and relocation of the West Coast Japanese in 1942
Reviews
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Too much info and not well organized. Great story of a tragic event in US History
Related Literary Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Edition 35 (1970) ・Winner・Winner