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Author Schmitz, John E., author

Title Enemies among us : the relocation, internment, and repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War / John E. Schmitz
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 386 pages) : illustrations
Contents Chronology of World War II relocation and internment -- Pejoratives, precedents, and prejudice -- Fifth-column fears and foreign challenges -- Dire preparations -- The fifth-column threat -- Pearl Harbor and the home front -- Defeats, rumors, and reactions -- Dual coast relocation and nationwide internment -- Internment, repatriation, and exchange -- Internment camps and relocation centers -- Conclusion
Summary John E. Schmitz examines the causes, conditions, and consequences of America's selective relocation and internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during World War II
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject German Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1941-1948.
Italian Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942.
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Noncitizens -- United States -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- United States -- Historiography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced repatriation.
HISTORY -- World.
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Noncitizens
Internment camps
Refoulement
Historiography
Evacuation of civilians
Ethnic relations
Noncitizens.
SUBJECT United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496227553
1496227557
9781496227577
1496227573
Other Titles Relocation, internment, and repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War