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A Matter of Conscience
By Mike Mackey ed. with introduction by Roger Daniels |
ORDER -- Item #3361, Price $13.83
When I have to give up my life for democracy, I want to see the
goddamn thing first.
Short Description
This collection of essays on the Japanese American draft resistance movement at Heart Mountain is written by former draft resisters and
some of this country's leading scholars on the subject. It is broken into four sections that examine different aspects so that the reader
may gain a broader understanding of the situations that arose.
- Japanese American National Museum
Description
The story of the draft resistance trial of sixty-three Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain camp during World War II has been neglected and forgotten because of the anger and shame it caused in the Japanese American community. This collection of essays exploring different facets of the case ranges from dry academic text with copious footnotes to the far more exciting personal memories of the resisters. Lesser known areas of the Japanese American internment are covered including the psychological effects of internment, the reasons why certain individuals resisted and others didn't, and the oftentimes bitter postwar conflict between those who did resist the draft and those who did not who created the "model minority" image of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Comments From the Back Cover
I had no intention of fighting on foreign soil for principles I was
denied here at home.
- Yosh Kuromiya
- Jack Tono
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