America's Japanese Hostages
Peruvian Japanese in the United States During World War Two

This text tells of how in World War II the US demanded that Latin American governments deport - or allow the US 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.

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.

Preface
Introduction
Setting the Stage
Peruvian Hostility Toward the Japanese
The Program Begins to Take Shape
Diplomatic Machinations
Attack on Peruvian Japanese Businesses
The Rio Conference and Emergency Advisory Committee
The First Shipment
More Shipments, More Camps
Deportees and Diplomats
War Unites the Americasl
Crystal City Internment Camp
Uniform Proof of Subversive Acts
Women and Children Last
The Beginning of the End
Changing Conditions
Hemispheric Threat: Shindo Remmei
Another New Beginning
Final Legal Struggle for Release
Bibliography
Index.