Serving Our Country: Japanese American Women in the Military during World War II - Softcover

Moore, Professor Brenda Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813532787 ISBN 13: 9780813532783

Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Following the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and America's declaration of war on Japan, the U.S. War Department allowed up to five hundred second-generation, or "Nisei," Japanese American women to enlist in the Women's Army Corps and, in smaller numbers, in the Army Medical Corps.

Through in-depth interviews with surviving Nisei women who served, Brenda L. Moore provides fascinating firsthand accounts of their experiences. Interested primarily in shedding light on the experiences of Nisei women during the war, the author argues for the relevance of these experiences to larger questions of American race relations and views on gender and their intersections, particularly in the country's highly charged wartime atmosphere. Uncovering a page in American history that has been obscured, Moore adds nuance to our understanding of the situation of Japanese Americans during the war.

About this title

About the Author

Brenda L. Moore is an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and is the author of To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American WACS Stationed Overseas during World War II.

Review

Serving Our Country is a fascinating account of an important story virtually unknown until now -- Charles Moskos, Northwestern University

Edition details

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0813532787
• ISBN 13: 9780813532783
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232