To the limited extent that this subject has been examined, Stephen Fox deserves much of the credit. —Journal of American Ethnic History

Through interviews and letter collections, underpinned by thousands of related documents, Fox tells their—and America's—shameful story.... Must reading for all concerned about a repetition and...erosion of American civil liberties. —Society for German-American Studies Newsletter

The attitudes and practices recounted...may help explain today's continued intolerance, racism, religious persecution, and ethnic cleansing. —Journal of Military History

What sets [it] apart from other studies of ethnic German wartime internment and exclusion is the degree to which those directly impacted relate the story.... Through their own simple, occasionally passionate words, [they] offer a compelling tale of the human cost of internment and exclusion. —Yearbook of German-American Studies

An intelligent and important study of a neglected subject. —John Morton Blum, Yale University

One of those rare books that will gratify readers of diverse backgrounds and interests. —Northcoast Journal

A significant book...for all Americans concerned with this country's attitudes toward and treatment of immigrants, and with individual rights. —Voices in Italian Americana

Adds fascinating new pieces to the puzzle of American wartime concentration camps. It is tragic history told by survivors in poignant anecdotes. —John Christgau, author of "Enemies": World War II Alien Internment

Bravissimo! —Andrew Rolle, Occidental College

A first-rate work of research in oral history that recaptures the poignant emotions of a people whose experience would have been forgotten had it not been for the sensitive scholarship of Stephen Fox. —John Patrick Diggins, University of California, Irvine

A unique stidy [that] deserves the attention of students, teachers, and anyone interested in understanding the totality of the relocation movement during World War II. —Western Historical Quarterly