| Book Review | Journal of World History, 16.2

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Book Review

Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment. By BRIAN MASARU HAYASHI. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004. 328 pp. $35.00 (cloth).

Numerous scholars have explored the subject of Japanese internment during World War II, and their explanations for internment have largely focused on domestic factors. Most have neglected the wider, global context that influenced the decision makers and ultimately the internees as well. In this detailed and extensively researched work, Hayashi reexamines Japanese internment by relying on previously unreleased documents and recently declassified material and analyzes both the domestic and international considerations that shaped the decision to incarcerate Japanese in the United States. In addition, Hayashi investigates the significance of internment not just as it affected Japanese Americans but also as it influenced domestic issues such as water rights and land development. Moreover, he discusses how U.S. officials applied the "lessons learned" in educating Japanese Americans in democracy to other peoples abroad. Hayashi brings a fresh perspective to Japanese American internment in an original study that bridges national and international histories to suggest the global relevance of internment.

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