Free to die for their country : the story of the Japanese American draft resisters in World War II

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Davis Library (4th floor)

Call Number
D810.C82 M85 2001
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Available
Call Number
D810.C82 M85 2001 c. 2
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Law Library — 3rd Floor Collection (3rd floor)

Call Number
D810.C82 M85 2001 c. 2
Status
Available
Call Number
D810.C82 M85 2001 c. 3
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Available

Law Library — Special Collections (1st floor)

Call Number
D810.C82 M85 2001
Status
In-Library Use Only

North Carolina Collection (Wilson Library)

Call Number
C378 UMm958.1
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Dustjacket.
Call Number
C378 UMm958.1
Status
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Summary

One of the Washington Post 's Top Nonfiction Titles of 2001

In the spring of 1942, the federal government forced West Coast Japanese Americans into detainment camps on suspicion of disloyalty. Two years later, the government demanded even more, drafting them into the same military that had been guarding them as subversives. Most of these Americans complied, but Free to Die for Their Country is the first book to tell the powerful story of those who refused. Based on years of research and personal interviews, Eric L. Muller re-creates the emotions and events that followed the arrival of those draft notices, revealing a dark and complex chapter of America's history.

Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Untold Patriotism
  • 2 Uneasy Welcome
  • 3 Injury
  • 4 Insult to Injury
  • 5 Reaction
  • 6 Jails within Jails
  • 7 A Shock to the Conscience
  • 8 Incarceration Redux
  • 9 Pardon?
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index

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