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Throughout its history, America has often been guilty of inflicting the very injustices it has tried to exterminate. One such period came in the first stages of the second world war when Americans, seized by the fear that they might become victims of fifth-column activities, began to see neighbors of different ethnic backgrounds as enemies. Within months of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Americans sought ways to rid themselves of potential threats in the easiest and most convenient method possible-concentration camps. In this third edition of Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado During World War II, Robert Harvey outlines one of the darkest chapters in Colorado's history. Amache is a comprehensive must-read that will forever preserve the voices and stories of those who endured this dark period of our nation's past.

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Harvey has done an excellent job of writing about Amache, a historical subject that needs to be repeatedly and accurately told. He has done it with solid research and great compassion. Robert Y. Fuchigami Ed.D. University of Illinois, former Amache inmate-1942-1945, professor and author Amache: Remembered: An American Concentration Camp The only book on Amache that I have read that includes the historical context (economic ""threat"") leading up to the forced removal and imprisonment of Japanese and Japanese Americans. It is the most comprehensive document I have come across on the history of Amache. Derek Okubo Executive Director Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships City and County of Denver Robert Harvey's stunning account of Japanese internment in southeastern Colorado during World War II is a remarkable piece of our state's history. Harvey's research and compelling interviews with former internees at the Amache relocation camp show the strength and resilience of people whose lives were uprooted by war hysteria. This remarkable book underscores why America can never again allow prejudice to take away human rights. When I read the original edition of Amache many years ago, I found it so moving that it inspired my novel Tallgrass. Sandra Dallas, New York Times best-selling author Amache, one of the saddest and most important chapters in Colorado history, lacked book length coverage until Robert Harvey finally put together this must-read. -Thomas J. ""Dr. Colorado"" Noel professor of history, Colorado University-Denver Robert has deftly told the story in the hopes we never repeat it. John Hickenlooper, United States Senator, Colorado Amache is a dark chapter in our history we can't afford to forget. Robert Harvey's book on Amache is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the historical context of Amache. It is a required reading for my students in the Amache Preservation Society and has been for many years. Harvey's research on Amache is extensive and accurate. The book is easy to read and we quote his work many times during our presentations on Amache. John Hopper Granada School Teacher Director of the Amache Preservation Society and Amache Museum

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Robert Harvey is the author of Amache: The Story of Japanese Internment in Colorado During World War II, a work written to preserve the voices of Amache internees. Now a teacher in Douglas County, Colorado, he and his wife call the Denver area home.

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