The Nisei Soldier : Historical Essays on World War II and the Korean War, 2nd ed.

This second edition of The Nisei Soldier has added six more essays to the original five in the first edition. These new essays continue the theme of providing a synoptic view of World War II, especially from the Japanese-American perspective. A full understanding of this most significant event requires that we attempt to examine it from as many perspectives as possible. One of these perspectives, an often neglected one, is that of the Japanese American citizens who,though they participated in the war to defend their country as outstanding soldiers, were also persecuted by their government and distrusted by other Americans. In essence, then, this book is the story of the remarkable Japanese American citizens, and of their little known participation in and experience of the events of World War II. There can be little doubt that the participation of Japanese American citizens in World War II was one of the decisive factors in bringing the war to an end.