One of the least-known aspects of World War II is the internment of German enemy aliens in the
United States. This narrative goes beyond other internment studies in its use of internee
interviews and access to Justice and War Department personnel files. Fox concludes that rather
than offering a reasonable assessment of the aliens' danger to United States internal security
the Justice Department incarcerated them - and excluded several hundred United States citizens
- because of their German backgrounds alleged disloyal statements and associations
socioeconomic class or their characters and personalities.
