America's Japanese hostages : the World War II plan for a Japanese free Latin America / Thomas Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connell, Thomas.

Series:

Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics 1527-9901

Praeger studies on ethnic and national identities in politics, 1527-9901

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Japanese Americans.

Japanese--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Japanese.

Peruvians--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

Peruvians.

Prisoners of war--United States.

Prisoners of war.

Government policy.

History.

Japanese--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 279 pages, 11 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Examines a top secret U.S. World War II program to seize Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry and trade them for Amerian citizens held by the Japanese.

Contents:

1 Setting the Stage 1

2 Peruvian Hostility toward the Japanese 21

3 The Program Begins to Take Shape 35

4 Diplomatic Machinations 41

5 Attack on Peruvian Japanese Businesses 51

6 Political Structure Genesis: The Rio Conference and the EACPD 65

7 The First Shipment 73

8 More Shipments, More Camps 81

9 Deportees and Diplomats 89

10 War Unites the Americas! 99

11 Crystal City Internment Camp 121

12 Uniform Proof of Subversive Acts 143

13 Women and Children Last 155

14 The Beginning of the End 173

15 Changing Conditions 185

16 Hemispheric Threat: The Shindo Remmei 205

17 Another New Beginning 221

18 Final Legal Struggles for Release 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-274) and index.

ISBN:

0275975355

OCLC:

48620417