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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family
Desert Exile The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family Author:Yoshiko Uchida In the spring of 1942, shortly after the United States entered into war with Japan, the federal government initiated a policy whereby 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were rounded up and herded into camps. They were incarcerated without indictment, trial, or counsel -- not because they had committed a crime, but simply because they resembled... more » the enemy. There was never any evidence of disloyalty or sabotage among them, and the majority were American citizens. The government's explanation for this massive injustice was "military necessity."
Desert Exile tells the story of one family who lived through these sad years. It is a moving personal account by a woman who grew up in Berkeley and was attending the University of California when the war began.« less