Historical memories of the Japanese American internment and the struggle for redress / Alice Yang Murray.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-568) and index.

The history of "military necessity" and the justification for internment -- Dillon S. Myer and the WRA's history of "relocation, reintegration, and rehabilitation" -- "We pledge our fullest cooperation" : a history of loyalty and patriotism in the Japanese American Citizens League -- The history of "helpful" administrative advisers and "objective" researchers within the camps -- The resurrection of the history of internment in the 1960s and 1970s -- America's "concentration camps" : revisionist histories and activism in the 1960s and 1970s -- "Three strands woven into a single fabric" : Japanese American history and the struggle to obtain redress -- Multiple histories of internment and the passage of redress legislation -- Representations of internment in art and media, and the lessons of history.