{"product_id":"infamy-the-shocking-story-of-the-japanese-american-internment-in-world-war-ii-9780805094084","title":"Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003eA LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER  A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS CHOICE  Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120 000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II  Less than three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and inflamed the nation  President Roosevelt signed an executive order declaring parts of four western states to be a war zone operating under military rule. The U.S. Army immediately began rounding up thousands of Japanese-Americans  sometimes giving them less than 24 hours to vacate their houses and farms. For the rest of the war  these victims of war hysteria were imprisoned in primitive camps.  In Infamy  the story of this appalling chapter in American history is told more powerfully than ever before. Acclaimed historian Richard Reeves has interviewed survivors  read numerous private letters and memoirs  and combed through archives to deliver a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes-FDR  Earl Warren  Edward R. Murrow-were in this case villains  but we also learn of many Americans who took great risks to defend the rights of the internees. Most especially  we hear the poignant stories of those who spent years in \"war relocation camps \" many of whom suffered this terrible injustice with remarkable grace.  Racism  greed  xenophobia  and a thirst for revenge: a dark strand in the American character underlies this story of one of the most shameful episodes in our history. But by recovering the past  Infamy has given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648258203701,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805094083","price":26.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805094084.jpg?v=1781714229","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/infamy-the-shocking-story-of-the-japanese-american-internment-in-world-war-ii-9780805094084","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}