They were called aliens and enemies. But the World War II internees
John Christgau writes about were in fact ordinary people victimized
by the politics of a global war. The Alien Enemy Control Program in
America was born with the United States's declaration of war on
Japan, Germany, and Italy and lasted until 1948. In all, 31,275
"enemy aliens" were imprisoned in camps like the one described in
this book--Fort Lincoln, just south of Bismarck, North Dakota. In
animated and suspenseful prose, Christgau tells the stories of
several individuals whose experiences are representative of those
at Fort Lincoln. The subjects' lives before and after
capture--presented in five case studies--tell of encroaching
bitterness and sorrow. Christgau based his accounts on voluminous
and previously untouched National Archives and FBI documents in
addition to letters, diaries, and interviews with his subjects.
Christgau's afterword for this Bison Books edition relates
additional stories of World War II alien restriction, detention,
and internment that surfaced after this book was originally
published, and he draws parallels between the alien internment of
World War II and events in this country since September 11, 2001.
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