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XIII. The Limits of American Ideals<br />

• Tension between ideals and wartime practices<br />

• US Gov’t use censorship & some propaganda<br />

de-humanize enemy, but less then WWI<br />

• US Gov’t intern 14,426 Europeans on spy fears<br />

• Intern 112,000 Japanese Americans (most US<br />

citizens) as “enemy race”<br />

• None ever charged with treason; some enlist in<br />

military; internees lose homes/businesses<br />

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