Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges

This book looks at a previously undocumented event in the history of World War II: the negotiation of 'prisoner' exchanges between the United States and Japan during 1941-43. Approximately 7000 American citizens had been arrested by the Japanese authorities while visiting Japan as tourists, conducting business, teaching English or carrying out missionary work. The same amount of Japanese citizens living illegally in the United States had to be repatriated to secure the Americans' release. In this book, the author addresses questions regarding the diplomatic agreement between Japan and the United States, the Japanese-American detention camps and the role of one of the most successful minority groups in the United States today, the Japanese-Americans.

Bruce Elleman is Associate Professor at the Maritime History Department of the U.S. Naval War College.

Introduction	p. 1
The origin of the Japanese-American exchange program	p. 8
Non-officials and the U.S.-Japanese exchange agreement	p. 23
Exchanging journalists and non-officials from outside the U.S.	p. 35
Final U.S.-Japanese negotiations for the first exchange ship	p. 45
Creating the Japanese-American war relocation centers	p. 55
Life in the war relocation centers	p. 65
Tokyo protests mistreatment of officials and its impact on the second exchange	p. 79
Rising tensions at the Tule Lake Segregation Center	p. 96
Tokyo protests mistreatment of non-officials and the delay of the third exchange	p. 114
Negotiating safe passage and the sinking of Awa Maru	p. 131
Conclusions	p. 141
Notes	p. 148
Bibliography	p. 169
Index	p. 173
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Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941-45

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