Robinson's Pragmatic Decisions To Intern The Japanese Americans

As a researcher who specializes in North American ethnic studies and U.S. political history, Robinson utilized many different primary sources such as the Theodore Roosevelt Papers, Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, and the papers of political men like Harold Ickes, Henry Stimpson, and Henry Morgenthau. Roosevelt’s speeches, newspaper articles from the period, and even the Japanese Evacuation and Relocation Study Papers were used by Robinson as were many additional secondary sources. Robinson was able to construct a detailed view of the development of Roosevelt’s racial views, his decision to intern the Japanese Americans as well as the pragmatic decisions Roosevelt made for political purposes.
Robinson spends the first two chapters of the book setting