And Justice for All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps

About this book

At the outbreak of World War II more than 115 000 Japanese American civilians living on the West Coast of the United States were rounded up and sent to desolate relocation camps where most spent the duration of the war. In this poignant and bitter yet inspiring oral history John Tateishi allows thirty Japanese Americans victims of this trauma to speak for themselves. And Justice for All captures the personal feelings and experiences of the only group of American citizens ever to be confined in concentration camps in the United States. In this new edition of the book which was originally published in 1984 an Afterword by the author brings up to date the lives of those he interviewed.