"The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American."--

In 1942 more than 109,000 Japanese Americans, including 70,000 U.S. citizens, were picked up and sent to incarceration centers, most for the duration of the war. It was the shame of America-- and it was documented on film. Cahan and Williams provide a visual history which includes interviews with many of the people reflecting on their experiences.

"An updated and annotated anthology of published articles written by a respected historian of Japanese American history. Featuring selected inmates and camp groups who spearheaded resistance movements in the ten War Relocation Authority-administered compounds. Provides an understanding how some of the 120,000 incarcerated Japanese Americans opposed threats"--Provided by publisher.

"My dog Teny is a true story about a boy and his dog and the friendship that they shared. It's a story that my father never talked about for over sixty years. It's a story about how the love of a dog never really ends and that life with all its trials and tribulations does come full circule. In 1942, the United States government issued Executive order 9066 which would force over 120,000 Japanese American men, women, children and elderly from their...

"Experience first-hand accounts of life in the American World War II internment camps and of Nisei soldiers who fought for the United States while their families were interned in camps throughout the United States. Included are stories of love and marriage, the MIS and 100th/442nd, resistance to the draft and the lives of young people caught up in the government action that followed the bombing of Pearl Harbor."