Beyond the Betrayal persimmon after three years and seven

after three years and seven months of incarceration

a means for strengthening social ties within Japanese American communities and for linking their aspirations to America's pastimes and America's promise

the question of the value of liberty was insulting

Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise

from interviews with family

Beyond the Betrayal persimmon after three years and sevenBeyond the Betrayal: The Memoir of a World War II Japanese American Draft Resister of Conscience By Yoshito Kuromiya; Edited by Arthur A. Hansen; Foreword by Lawson Fusao Inada. Beyond the Betrayal is a lyrically written memoir by Yoshito Kuromiya (19232018), a Nisei member of the Fair Play Committee (FPC), which was organized at the Heart Mountain concentration camp. The first book length account by a Nisei World War II draft resister, this work