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• Scary to realize how this came about, the politics behind it. I've read memoirs of Japanese American citizens who were victimized by incarceration in the US, denied due process and every other Constitutional right. Now I fear this could happen again to any group that suddenly is defined as enemy by someone in power. This book explains how this happened and the efforts to restore rights to these people, efforts which took 40 years to reverse convictions for simple things such as defying curfews. We have yet to compensate any of these people for the loss of their homes, possessions, etc. It was painful to read but I persisted, as I did years ago when reading "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." This is our history, and we need to own up to it to truly be patriotic Americans.

• Being I'm not trained as a lawyer, following Iron's description of court cases was challenging. On the positive side, Irons references government archives not available to the average reader. He quotes from other books, and those are helpful for further study. It's a good book to follow the progress of the internment, the court cases, and the ending of internment. He also describes his own participation in the overturning of the Korematsu case years later.

• Read this book in college back in 1986 and it left a lasting impression. This was before the internet so information on the subject was sparse. Rereading it after all these years brought a new understanding on the subject. I purchased this along with Michele Malkin's "In Defense of Interment".The parallels between the Japanese Americans and Muslim Americans post 9/11 are astonishing. It held up well after all these years.

• What can we say other than this is an extremely shameful chapter in U.S. history - nearly as shameful as chattel slavery. Thousands of innocent people - most of them U.S. Citizens - were deprived of their property and livelihood - while many of the men remained astonishingly loyal and VOLUNTEERED (on December 8) to fight in the U.S. Armed Services. Utter disgrace.

• excellent reading! book arrived as promised and on time!

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