audiobook The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva Volume 1 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli in History

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A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE • Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120;000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War II“Highly readable . . . [A] vivid and instructive reminder of what war and fear can do to civilized people.” ―Evan Thomas; The New York Times Book ReviewAfter Japan bombed Pearl Harbor; President Roosevelt signed an executive order that forced more than 120;000 Japanese Americans into primitive camps for the rest of war. Their only crime: looking like the enemy.In Infamy; acclaimed historian Richard Reeves delivers a sweeping narrative of this atrocity. Men we usually consider heroes―FDR; Earl Warren; Edward R. Murrow―were in this case villains. We also learn of internees who joined the military to fight for the country that had imprisoned their families; even as others fought for their rights all the way to the Supreme Court. The heart of the book; however; tells the poignant stories of those who endured years in “war relocation camps;” many of whom suffered this injustice with remarkable grace.Racism and war hysteria led to one of the darkest episodes in American history. But by recovering the past; Infamy has given voice to those who ultimately helped the nation better understand the true meaning of patriotism.