Derelicts of Company K: A Sociological Study of Demoralization [Hardcover]

Tamotsu Shibutani (Author)

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• Hardcover: 464 pages
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr (September 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0520035240
• ISBN-13: 978-0520035249
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,522,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The other side of World War II and Japanese-American troops., January 27, 2010

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This review is from: Derelicts of Company K: A Sociological Study of Demoralization (Hardcover)

This is not an easy read. It's not a guns-and-glory war book.

Rather, it is a serious sociological study of morale in a company of Japanese-American draftees during WW2.

Many of these young men had already endured the abuses of being arrested and detained in camps for the crime of being of Japanese ancestry.

The US government, goaded on by nativist racists on the West Coast, illegally interned 100,000 US CITIZENS of Japanese ancestry for no good reason. The FBI had already determined they were not a risk.

There were more Japanese-Americans in Hawaii than on the West Coast, but none of them were interned.

The real reason for the internment was to STEAL BILLIONS from the Japanese-Americans on the West Coast. That part was a "success".

No wonder these draftees were sad sacks in the Army. They had already watched their families get the shaft from Uncle Sam.