The publisher, The University of Illinois Press, uipress@uillinois.edu , July 30, 1999
Synopsis
During World War II over 110,000 U.S. citizens and legal residents were incarcerated without charges or trial, not by a hostile enemy nation, but by their own country, the self-proclaimed beacon of liberty and justice.

The Japanese attack on Pear Harbor, coupled with racism and wartime hysteria, generated widespread support for violating the civil rights of Japanese Americans living along the Pacific Coast of the United States. Following government orders, Japanese Americans took what belongings they could carry and left their homes to be incarcerated in remote, hastily constructed concentration camps. When they emerged from the camps, they faced humiliation, prejudice and economic ruin.

Nearly fifty years later, the survivors of this ordeal received a written apology from the president of the United States and monetary compensation in accordance with the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. How this came about is both an inspiring story of wrongs made right and a practical guide to getting legislation through Congress.

FROM THE BOOK

Table of Contents

	Foreword
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	Theoretical Perspectives	9
2	Historical Factors prior to World War II	20
3	World War II (1941-45)	33
4	The Postwar Decades (1945-69)	51
5	The Genesis of the Modern Redress Movement (1970-78)	64
6	The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (1979-82)	85
7	Other Efforts at Redress	117
8	The Continuing Legislative Battle (1983-86)	137
9	The Aligning of the One-hundredth Congress (1987-88)	161
10	The President's Signature and the Fight for Appropriations	189
11	Delivering on the Promise	213
12	Lessons of a Movement	228
	Notes	243
	Works Cited	279
	Index	291