Like Friends, Like Foes: Japanese Americans and Nevada Through World War II

Description: Like Friends, Like Foes offers a comprehensive analysis of how Nevadans responded and reacted to the "Japanese Question" during World War II, how Japanese American residents fared in this part of the "free zone," and how local history and local circumstances influenced varied outcomes across the state.

Review Quotes: "Like Friends, Like Foes contains information that the public needs. Russell's scholarship is exceedingly sound, and he has uncovered many unknown stories. This book makes an important contribution to the fields of Japanese American history, Asian American studies, and the events of World War II."
--Sue Fawn Chung, professor emerita of history, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, author of In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West

"Russell's scholarship in Like Friends, Like Foes is both pioneering and impressive, as well as comprehensive and painstaking. His presentation is exceedingly balanced, and the temper of his argument's exposition is notably judicious. This book is truly a masterpiece."
--Arthur A. Hansen, professor emeritus of history and Asian American studies, California State University, Fullerton, author of Manzanar Mosaic: Essays and Oral Histories on America's First World War II Japanese American Concentration Camp