Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-465) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Wartime emergency powers and martial law -- Prelude to martial law : security and the "Japanese problem" -- Final war planning for Hawaii, 1939-1941 : martial law and selective internment -- Implementation of martial law and military government -- Life under general orders -- Control of labor -- "Drum-head justice"? : the military courts and the suspension of Habeas Corpus -- "An extreme degree of fear" -- Selective detention and removal -- Determining loyalty : review boards, questionnaires, and racial profiling -- The fate of the detainees -- Alarms and responses -- "Delineation" and restoration, 1942-1943 -- The Habeas Corpus cases : internment on trial -- New Habeas cases : the provost courts on trial -- Rising protests -- The termination of martial law -- The Duncan and White cases -- War's aftermath and the courts -- Conclusion.
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