Free to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

Eric L. Muller

ISBN 10: 0226548236 / ISBN 13: 9780226548234

Published by University of Chicago Press, 2003

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Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Free to Die for Their Country: The Story of the Japanese American Draft Resisters in World War II (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226548236
• ISBN 13: 9780226548234
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

One of the Washington Post's Top Nonfiction Titles of 2001

In the spring of 1942, the federal government forced West Coast Japanese Americans into detainment camps on suspicion of disloyalty. Two years later, the government demanded even more, drafting them into the same military that had been guarding them as subversives. Most of these Americans complied, but Free to Die for Their Country is the first book to tell the powerful story of those who refused. Based on years of research and personal interviews, Eric L. Muller re-creates the emotions and events that followed the arrival of those draft notices, revealing a dark and complex chapter of America's history.

About the Author

Eric L. Muller is a professor of law at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.