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DESCRIPTION:They were called aliens and enemies. But the World War II inter
 nees John Christgau writes about were in fact ordinary people victimized b
 y the politics of a global war. The Alien Enemy Control Program in America
  was born with the United States&amp;rsquo\;s declaration of war on Japan\, Ge
 rmany\, and Italy and lasted until 1948. In all\, 31\,275 &amp;ldquo\;enemy al
 iens&amp;rdquo\; were imprisoned in camps like the one described in this book&amp;
 mdash\;Fort Lincoln\, just south of Bismarck\, North Dakota.\n\nIn animate
 d and suspenseful prose\, Christgau tells the stories of several individua
 ls whose experiences are representative of those at Fort Lincoln. The subj
 ects&amp;rsquo\; lives before and after capture&amp;mdash\;presented in five case 
 studies&amp;mdash\;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 s
 ubjects.\n\nChristgau&amp;rsquo\;s afterword for this Bison Books edition rela
 tes additional stories of World War II alien restriction\, detention\, and
  internment that surfaced after this book was originally published\, and h
 e draws parallels between the alien internment of World War II and events 
 in this country since September 11\, 2001.\n\nJohn Christgau is the author
  of numerous books\, including &lt;a href=&quot;/en/journal/2009/7/1/jockeys-tale-
 kokomo-joe/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kokomo Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (Nebraska 2009)\, &lt;em
 &gt;The Gambler and the Bug Boy&lt;/em&gt; (Nebraska 2007)\, and &lt;em&gt;The Origins of
  the Jump Shot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball&lt;/em&gt;\, availab
 le in a Bison Books edition.
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SUMMARY:Book Reading: World War II Alien Internment by John Christgau
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