Imprisoned in Paradise: Japanese Internee Road Workers at the World War II Kooskia Internment Camp (Asian American Comparative Collection Research Reports)

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press
Imprisoned in Paradise exposes the U.S.'s little-known WWII rendition of Japanese Latin Americans, including men kidnapped from their homes in Peru, Panama and Mexico and interned at the Kooskia Camp. Unlike Japanese Americans who have received an official apology and redress from the U.S. government, the Japanese Latin Americans are still waiting to obtain justice for the violation of their human rights. Here, finally, is their story.