“Yamato Ichihashi, a distinguished Stanford University professor, experienced, observed, and wrote about internment life . . . and his incomparably rich account far surpasses all previous internee accounts.”—Yuji Ichioka, University of California, Los Angeles
“This fascinating account . . . is a particularly important source, because of the paucity of contemporary accounts. Chang’s sympathetic biographical essay on this enigmatic figure provides an enthralling insight into relations between Japan and the United States in the first half of this century.”—Times Literary Supplement