The rule of law in time of war roger daniels after pearl harbor president roosevelt claiming a never documented military necessity ordered the removal and incarceration of 120000 japanese americans during world war ii solely because of their ancestry. The japanese american cases the rule of law in time of war landmark law cases and american society kindle edition by daniels roger download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the japanese american cases the rule of law in time of war landmark law cases and american society. Neither the cases nor the fate of law abiding japanese attracted much attention during the turmoil of global warfare in the postwar decades they were all but forgotten daniels traces how four decades after the war in an america whose attitudes about race and justice were changing the surviving japanese americans achieved a measure of political and legal justice congress created a commission to investigate the legitimacy of the wartime incarceration it found no military necessity but . The japanese american cases author roger daniels publish on 2013 a clear and candid account of one of the worst failures of civil rights in our nations history this book focuses on the four supreme court cases involving japanese americans who were forcibly detained and relocated to internment camps in . After pearl harbor president roosevelt claiming a never documented military necessity ordered the removal and incarceration of 120000 japanese americans during world war ii solely because of their ancestry as roger daniels movingly describes almost all reluctantly obeyed their government and went peacefully to the desolate camps provided for them