Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases
by Peter Irons
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Justice at War irrevocably alters the reader's perception of one of the most disturbing events in U.S. history--the internment during World War II of American citizens of Japanese descent. Peter Irons' exhaustive research has uncovered a government campaign of suppression, alteration, and destruction of crucial evidence that could have persuaded the Supreme Court to strike down the internment order. Irons documents the debates that took place before the internment order and the legal show more response during and after the internment. show lessTags
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Peter Irons is professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego. He lives in San Diego, California.
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- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, Pacific Theater (1941-12-07 | 1945-09-02); Japanese-American Internment (1942 | 1945)
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 342.73 — Society, government, & culture Law U.S. Constitution - Bill of Rights, Amendments North America Constitutional law--United States
- LCC
- KF7224.5 .I76 — Law Law of the United States Law of the United States (Federal) National defense. Military law Comprehensive. General
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