By Order of the President : FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans.
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- 9780674042803
- 940.53/089956073
- D769
Intro -- 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.
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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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