{"product_id":"9781250081681","title":"Infamy : The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eInfamy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Richard Reeves\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eEDITOR'S CHOICE \u003cb\u003e• \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling  author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the  internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens  during World War II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly readable . . . [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.” —Evan Thomas, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed an executive order that forced more than 120,000 Japanese Americans into primitive camps for the rest of war. Their only crime: looking like the enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Richard Reeves delivers a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes—FDR, Earl Warren, Edward R. Murrow—were in this case villains. We also learn of internees who joined the military to fight for the country that had imprisoned their families, even as others fought for their rights all the way to the Supreme Court. The heart of the book, however, tells the poignant stories of those who endured years in “war relocation camps,” many of whom suffered this injustice with remarkable grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRacism and war hysteria led to one of the darkest episodes in American history. But by recovering the past, \u003ci\u003eInfamy \u003c\/i\u003ehas given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A  compulsively readable, emotionally rich and passionately written  account of the internment of 120,000 American Japanese in concentration  camps during World War II.... Reeves' excellent \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e, the first  popular, general history of the subject in more than 25 years, reminds  us that not only can it happen here, it did.... Every reader who has  lived the post-9\/11 era will immediately notice the parallels.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly readable.... The story of this national disgrace, long buried...still has the power to shock. [\u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e is a] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.” —\u003cb\u003eEvan Thomas, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“History's  judgment is that internment...was wrong. Mr. Reeves's excellent book  gives us an opportunity to learn from past mistakes.... Reeves is  especially good at bringing to life the social experience of  internment.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Richard  Reeves's book on the harsh, prolonged and unjustified internment of  Japanese-Americans during World War II is a detailed account of a  painful and shameful period in modern American history. \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e  combines Reeves's journalist's training with his historian's eye to give  us a page-turner on how hysteria at the highest levels can shatter our  most fundamental rights. Brace yourself and read this very important  book.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For  years, the unjust relocation and incarceration of more than 120,000  Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during World War II - the  majority of them American citizens - was shrouded in shame and  secrecy.... [\u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e's] greatest strength is probably Reeves's  masterful use of anecdotes, which enliven an epic story with poignant  tales of individual hardship, courage, and endurance.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e  tells the story of why and how the American government--with the full  support of its citizenry--illegally interned Japanese-Americans. Richard  Reeves even-handedly examines this dangerous precedent-setting time  when the Constitution was trampled by misinformation, prejudice, and  fear. Today as Muslim and Hispanic immigrants are being blamed for  America's ills, \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and important read.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and The China Mirage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e,  journalist Richard Reeves...provides a sweeping and searching account  of this appalling chapter in the history of the United States.... Reeves  reserves the heart of his book -- and rightfully so -- for a narrative  of the heartbreaking experiences of evacuated individuals and families.”  —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e...is perhaps the most thorough history of the relocation to date.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“More than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were locked up during World War II...[and \u003ci\u003eInfamy\u003c\/i\u003e] tells  their tale with energy, compassion and moral outrage.... With  meticulous care [Reeves documents] the decisions made in Washington by  the world's most powerful men, and how those decisions affected the  lives of ordinary Americans whose only crime was to be of Japanese  descent.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The forced  relocation and internment of [Japanese Americans during WWII] was a  racially based insult to our purported ideals. Reeves, an award-winning  journalist, recounts the unfolding of this outrage with a justifiable  sense of moral indignation…. This is a painful but necessary and timely  reminder of how overblown fears about national security can have  shameful consequences.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reeves  provides unsparing criticism about the racist whirlwind of  anti-Japanese feeling fanned by the Roosevelt White House, Congress,  state and local governments, and leading media figures ... The  testimonies of the uprooted Japanese-Americans, many of whom remained  patriotic even as they were forced into the camps, are heartbreaking,  courageous, and ironic in light of those who fought valiantly alongside  American soldiers while their relatives remained locked away. Reeves's  chilling exposé takes a deeper look at one of America's darkest  chapters.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An engaging and  comprehensive depiction of an essential, but sometimes overlooked, era  of U.S. history… Reeves unearths and makes public a painful national  memory, but he does so while maintaining the dignity of those held  behind barbed wire and unmasking the callous racism and disregard of the  people who put them there.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Essential...  Reeves mixes intimate narratives with historical documents to give an  authoritative account of one of the darkest periods in American  history.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250081681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40628068155598,"sku":"9781250081681","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_0f319bce-2561-4b95-83b8-d38d066d565c.jpg?v=1638756050","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250081681","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}