{"product_id":"american-inquisition-the-hunt-for-japanese-american-disloyalty-in-world-war-ii-9781469641904","title":"American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II","description":"When the U.S. government forced 70,000 American citizens of Japanese ancestry into internment camps in 1942, it created administrative tribunals to pass judgment on who was loyal and who was disloyal. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Muller relates the untold story of exactly how military and civilian bureaucrats judged these tens of thousands of American citizens during wartime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome citizens were deemed loyal and were freed, but one in four was declared disloyal to America and condemned to repressive segregation in the camps or barred from war-related jobs. Using cultural and religious affiliations as indicators of Americans' loyalties, the far-reaching bureaucratic decisions often reflected the agendas of the agencies that performed them rather than the actual allegiances or threats posed by the citizens being judged, Muller explains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Inquisition\u003c\/i\u003e is the only study of the Japanese American internment to examine the complex inner workings of the most draconian system of loyalty screening that the American government has ever deployed against its own citizens. At a time when our nation again finds itself beset by worries about an \"enemy within\" considered identifiable by race or religion, this volume offers crucial lessons from a recent and disastrous history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric L. Muller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469641904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEric L. Muller is Dan K. Moore Distinguished Professor in Jurisprudence and Ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law and director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Faculty Excellence. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eColors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eFree to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115628224627,"sku":"9781469641904","price":50.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a4261fd8-902f-459b-8f87-1b18b5a2a59a.jpg?v=1781787892","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/american-inquisition-the-hunt-for-japanese-american-disloyalty-in-world-war-ii-9781469641904","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}