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UnCivil Liberties: Italian Americans Under Siege during World War II
UnCivil Liberties Italian Americans Under Siege during World War II Author:Stephen Fox 'Outstanding Book' ? Gustavus Myers Center for The Study of Human Rights in The United States. American Book Award ? 'Outstanding Literary Achievement' ? Before Columbus Foundation. ... more » ?UnCivil Liberties? Fearful of espionage, sabotage or invasion, and distrustful of its immigrant population, the government put in motion a relocation program in February 1942 that forced thousands of West Coast Italian and German aliens out of waterfront areas. Individual Italians and Germans were interned in camps across the country, and others, including American citizens whose loyalty was deemed doubtful, were also excluded from coastal areas. The author combines interviews, government documents and newspaper accounts to reveal this previously untold chapter in American history, a story that iilustrates how a national security crisis challenged the American government's commitment to its libertarian ideals.. The voices in 'UnCivil Liberties' will speak to students, scholars and all readers interested in the fate of civil liberties in the United States during the war ... and after. .« less