Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War II - Paperback

by Roger Daniels (Author)

Prisoners Without Trail is part of Hill and Wang's Critical Issues Series and well established on college reading lists.

This book presents a concise introduction to a shameful chapter in American history: the incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

With a revised final chapter and expanded recommended readings, Roger Daniels's updated edition examines a tragic event in our nation's past and thoughtfully asks if it could happen again.

Author Biography

Roger Daniels, the author of Guarding the Golden Door, is a renowned expert on Asian American and immigration history, was a consultant to the commission that recommended redress, and has served on the History Advisory Board for the Ellis Island Immigration Museum since its inception.