The Aleut internments of World War II
Subtitle: islanders removed from their homes by Japan and the United States
By: Russell W. Estlack ; forewords by Dimitri Philemonof and Blackhawk Walters
Contributors: Philemonof, Dimitri, author of foreword; Walters, Blackhawk, author of foreword
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780786476381
Subjects: Prisoners of war; Concentration camps; Military History; Aleuts; Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Ethnic relations; World War, 1939-1945; History
Other titles: Aleut internments of World War two
Description: "The actions that led to the internments of the Aleuts are documented through official records, letters, and personal accounts that reveal the true story of a native people who suffered and died in the camps while posing no threat to national security in time of war"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clash of Cultures; title: The Russian American Company; title: American Century; title: Missionaries and Miners; title: Alaska, the Last Frontier; title: Prelude to War; title: War Comes to Alaska; title: Blood on the Sand; title: Prisoners in the Land of the Rising Sun; title: Aleuts in Japan; title: War and Evacuation; title: Atka; title: The Pribilofs; title: The Voyage of the Delarof; title: Strangers in a Strange Land; title: Burnett Inlet; title: Ward Lake; title: Funter Bay; title: Killisnoo; title: Employment Opportunities; title: Fur Seal Operations, 1943; title: Home Is Where the Heart Is; title: Homecoming; title: Restitution; title: Appendix.