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The Japanese American Cases: The Rule of Law in Time of War (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
Roger Daniels
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Paperback. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSL3; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, claiming a never documented “military necessity,” ordered the removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II solely because of their ancestry. As Roger Daniels movingly describes, almost all reluctantly obeyed their government and went peacefully to the desolate camps provided for them.
Daniels, however, focuses on four Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans, who, aided by a handful of lawyers, defied the government and their own community leaders by challenging the constitutionality of the government’s orders. The 1942 convictions of three men—Min Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Fred Korematsu—who refused to go willingly ... Read more
After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, claiming a never documented “military necessity,” ordered the removal and incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II solely because of their ancestry. As Roger Daniels movingly describes, almost all reluctantly obeyed their government and went peacefully to the desolate camps provided for them.
Daniels, however, focuses on four Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans, who, aided by a handful of lawyers, defied the government and their own community leaders by challenging the constitutionality of the government’s orders. The 1942 convictions of three men—Min Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Fred Korematsu—who refused to go willingly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Landmark Law Cases and American Society
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619269
SKU
V9780700619269
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About Roger Daniels
Roger Daniels served as a consultant with the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. He is the Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cincinnati, USA and author of more than a dozen books, including Prisoners without Trial; Concentration Camps, North America; and The Politics of Prejudice.
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