Author: Duncan Ryuken WilliamsPublisher: Belknap Press
ISBN: 0674986539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.--
