Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II

Less than three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and inflamed the nation, President Roosevelt signed an executive order declaring parts of four western states to be a war zone operating under military rule. The U.S. Army immediately began rounding up thousands of Japanese-Americans, sometimes giving them less than 24 hours to vacate their houses and farms. For the rest of the war, these victims of war hysteria were imprisoned in primitive camps.
In Infamy, the story of this appalling chapter in American history is told more powerfully than ever before. Acclaimed historian Richard Reeves has interviewed survivors, read numerous private letters and memoirs, and combed through archives to deliver a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes--FDR, Earl Warren, Edward R. Murrow--were in this case villains, but we also learn of many Americans who took great risks to defend the rights of the internees. Most especially, we hear the poignant stories of those who spent years in "war relocation camps," many of whom suffered this terrible injustice with remarkable grace.

Racism, greed, xenophobia, and a thirst for revenge: a dark strand in the American character underlies this story of one of the most shameful episodes in our history. But by recovering the past, Infamy has given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Release: April 21, 2015

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II

Less than three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and inflamed the nation, President Roosevelt signed an executive order declaring parts of four western states to be a war zone operating under military rule. The U.S. Army immediately began rounding up thousands of Japanese-Americans, sometimes giving them less than 24 hours to vacate their houses and farms. For the rest of the war, these victims of war hysteria were imprisoned in primitive camps.
In Infamy, the story of this appalling chapter in American history is told more powerfully than ever before. Acclaimed historian Richard Reeves has interviewed survivors, read numerous private letters and memoirs, and combed through archives to deliver a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes--FDR, Earl Warren, Edward R. Murrow--were in this case villains, but we also learn of many Americans who took great risks to defend the rights of the internees. Most especially, we hear the poignant stories of those who spent years in "war relocation camps," many of whom suffered this terrible injustice with remarkable grace.

Racism, greed, xenophobia, and a thirst for revenge: a dark strand in the American character underlies this story of one of the most shameful episodes in our history. But by recovering the past, Infamy has given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.

Language: English

Pages: 368

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Release: April 21, 2015

More books from Richard Reeves

President Kennedy: Profile of Power

Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949

3.7/5 ( ratings)

A Force of Nature: The Frontier Genius of Ernest Rutherford

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The John F. Kennedys: A Family Album

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Kennedy Years: From the Pages of The New York Times

4.2/5 ( ratings)

American Journey: Traveling with Tocqueville in Search of Democracy in America

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The John F. Kennedys: A Family Album

4.5/5 ( ratings)

All Minus One: John Stuart Mill's Ideas on Free Speech

4.6/5 ( ratings)

President Kennedy

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Running in Place: How Bill Clinton Disappointed America

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Character Above All #4

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Family Travels: Around the World in 30 (Or So) Days

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Quality Assurance and the Law

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Ghost of Evil Past

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Family Travels: Around the World in 30 (Or So) Days

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift---June 1948-May 1949

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Passage to Peshawar: Pakistan, Between the Hindu Kush and the Arabian Sea

4.6/5 ( ratings)

I Beheld His Glory

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?