American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American Disloyalty in World War II

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• American Inquisition i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Abbreviations xi
• American Inquisition xiii
• 1: Introduction 1
• 2: Japanese Americans Before the War 9
• 3: Presumed Loyal, Presumed Disloyal 15
• 4: Pressures on the Presumption of Disloyalty 21
• 5: The Loyalty Questionnaires of 1943 31
• 6: Processing Loyalty at the Japanese American Joint Board 39
• 7: Processing Loyalty at the Provost Marshal General's Office 67
• 8: Processing Loyalty at the War Relocation Authority 73
• 9: Processing Loyalty at the Western Defense Command 83
• 10: Defending (And Distorting) Loyalty Adjudication in Court 107

• American Inquisition i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Abbreviations xi
• American Inquisition xiii
• 1: Introduction 1
• 2: Japanese Americans Before the War 9
• 3: Presumed Loyal, Presumed Disloyal 15
• 4: Pressures on the Presumption of Disloyalty 21
• 5: The Loyalty Questionnaires of 1943 31
• 6: Processing Loyalty at the Japanese American Joint Board 39
• 7: Processing Loyalty at the Provost Marshal General's Office 67
• 8: Processing Loyalty at the War Relocation Authority 73
• 9: Processing Loyalty at the Western Defense Command 83
• 10: Defending (And Distorting) Loyalty Adjudication in Court 107
• 11: Conclusion 135
• Notes 149
• Bibliography 177
• Acknowledgments 183
• Index 185
• H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series 199