By Order of the President
FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans
Published on 1. July 2009
336 pages
978-0-674-04280-3 (ISBN)
Description
Using Roosevelt's own writings, his advisors' letters and diaries, and internal government documents, Robinson reveals the president's central role in making and implementing the internment of Japanese Americans and examines not only what the president did but why.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04280-3 (9780674042803)
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05/2003
Harvard University Press
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Person
Greg Robinson is Assistant Professor of History, Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
Content
CONTENTS Introduction 1. A Racial Fear Emerges 2. War Abroad, Suspicion at Home 3. FDR's Decision to Intern 4. Implementing an Undemocratic Policy 5. Covering a Retreat 6. Equal Justice Delayed 7. The President of All the People? Note on Terminology Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index
