Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps /
Muller, Eric L.,
Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps / Eric L. Muller. - xix, 283 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the WRA and Japanese America -- Book One: Jerry Housel at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Late October 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- March 1943 -- May-June 1943 -- Book Two: Ted Haas and Thomas Masuda at Poston in Arizona. Late August 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- June 1943 -- July 1943 -- Book Three: James Hendrick Terry at Gila River in Arizona. December 1942 -- Late January 1943 -- Late February 1943 -- May 1943 -- December 1943.
"In the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II, internees could, on any given day, be both clients and victims of their assigned War Relocation Authority lawyers. The morally ambiguous remit of these attorneys was wide and often contradictory, including overseeing the day-to-day administration of the camps, settling internal disputes between inmates, managing conflict between detainees and their government captors, and providing legal representation for prisoners outside of the camps. In re-creating the daily lives of these WRA attorneys, Eric L. Muller, a leading expert on Japanese American relocation and internment during World War II, seeks to capture historical subjects as three-dimensional, flawed human beings"--
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United States. War Relocation Authority --Officials and employees.
Government attorneys--History--United States--20th century.
Government attorneys--Psychology.
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.
Role conflict.
Lawyer, jailer, ally, foe : complicity and conscience in America's World War II concentration camps / Eric L. Muller. - xix, 283 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: the WRA and Japanese America -- Book One: Jerry Housel at Heart Mountain in Wyoming. Late October 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- March 1943 -- May-June 1943 -- Book Two: Ted Haas and Thomas Masuda at Poston in Arizona. Late August 1942 -- November 1942 -- February 1943 -- June 1943 -- July 1943 -- Book Three: James Hendrick Terry at Gila River in Arizona. December 1942 -- Late January 1943 -- Late February 1943 -- May 1943 -- December 1943.
"In the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II, internees could, on any given day, be both clients and victims of their assigned War Relocation Authority lawyers. The morally ambiguous remit of these attorneys was wide and often contradictory, including overseeing the day-to-day administration of the camps, settling internal disputes between inmates, managing conflict between detainees and their government captors, and providing legal representation for prisoners outside of the camps. In re-creating the daily lives of these WRA attorneys, Eric L. Muller, a leading expert on Japanese American relocation and internment during World War II, seeks to capture historical subjects as three-dimensional, flawed human beings"--
9781469673974 1469673975
2022042584
GBC354533 bnb
020990120 Uk
United States. War Relocation Authority --Officials and employees.
Government attorneys--History--United States--20th century.
Government attorneys--Psychology.
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States.
Role conflict.