Japan and America from earliest Times to the Present - 1954
This is a 1953 book, so it's going to reflect some post-war views.
One of the arguments against the Japanese immigrants was that they worked for lower wages that others, and were thus able to take jobs away from those wanting more money. The section also talks about the San Francisco decision to segregate Japanese students, and how it was received in Japan.
Something I have not seen referred to elsewhere appears to be a way to use economics to try and force the Japanese out of China.
This shows that the government knew that war against Japan was very likely at least as early as the last week of November, 1941. If the threat of war was so imminent, why were so many ships docked at Pearl Harbor at the same time? Japan had attacked another country on a Sunday, so why didn't it dawn on the minds of decision makers that the same type of thing would happen to us?
This part refers to the war crimes trials, noting that one group was men accused “of having committed atrocities against military captives and civilians during the war,” and the second group were the major war-time criminals like Tojo. A lot of the potential war criminals had, of course, already been killed in battle or committed suicide by the time of the trials.
This part refers to the purge of Japanese who were “considered offensive” to the U.S., and how that didn't last forever.
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