Edited by Russell C. Leong and Don T. Nakanishi, 2002

 

244 pages, 41 photographs.

 

Paperback Edition - $16.95
ISBN: 093405236-0

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

 

ASIAN AMERICANS ON WAR AND PEACE is the first book to respond to the tragic world events of September 11, 2001 from Asian American perspectives, from the vantage points of those whose lives and communities in America have been forged both by war and by peace. We are at a moment in our history, according to Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, when "the past and the future became the now."

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION
War and Peace: When Past and Future Became the Now

 

I. WORLDS OF CRISIS

Oh, Say, Can You See? Post September 11
Notes From A New York Diary
Existing At The Center, Watching From The Edges
War Against The Planet
Nothing To Write Home About
Today: September 11, 2001

 

II. CIVIL LIBERTIES AND INTERNMENT

Thinking Through Internment: 12/7 And 9/11
The Loaded Weapon
Pearl Harbor Revisited
How Does It Feel To Be A Problem?
What Does Danger Look Like?
When Mothers Talk
Why Children Did Not Knock At My Door On Halloween This Year

III. GEOPOLITICS

Colonialism, Globalization And Culture: Reflections On September 11th
Coming Full Circle: North American Labor History Conference Wayne State University, October 19, 2001
Terrorism As A Way Of Life
Civilization And Dissent

IV. PEACE

Why Does A Pediatrician Worry About Nuclear Weapons?
The Hip-Hop Generation Can Call For Peace
A Merciful End: A Call To Humanity
Stop The Bombing, Stop The War
Asian Americans And The Peace Imperative
A Chronology Of The "War On Terror" And Domestic Hate Crimes

 

NEWS INFORMATION

 

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