The first study to focus on how popular representations of the forced relocation and internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II affected the formation of Cold War culture

""An Absent Presence" is an ambitious, nuanced, and far-reaching analysis of a critical topic that adds much to our understanding of American history and in particular the central role Asian Americans have played in it."--David Palumbo-Liu, author of "Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier"