{"product_id":"americas-japanese-hostages-thomas-connell-9780275975357","title":"America's Japanese Hostages: The World War II Plan for a Japanese Free Latin America","description":"\u003cp\u003eConnell uncovers a little known World War II top secret program. The United States demanded that Latin American governments deport--or allow the United States to take--anyone of Japanese ancestry and place them in camps in Texas and New Mexico. The plan was to trade them for American civilians held by the Japanese. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough Peru was the most enthusiastic participant in this program, expelling nearly 5,000 Peruvian citizens of Japanese ancestry, other Latin American countries participated as well. Connell traces the reasons for prejudice and discrimination, the specific programs, and the post-war efforts of those held in American relocation camps to secure restitution. Through the wide use of oral interviews as well as documents, Connell shows the very human side of this effort, which in many ways parallels the discrimination Americans of Japanese ancestry faced during the war. This book provides a thorough and intriguing story of interest to general readers as well as scholars, students, and other researchers involved with World War II and Latin American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275975355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275975357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 5.70w x 1.09d","brand":"Thomas Connell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46640667820287,"sku":"9780275975357","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68643ab5-4039-4fa0-ba47-a179cbbda133.jpg?v=1740670222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americas-japanese-hostages-thomas-connell-9780275975357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}