Allegiance

ALLEGIANCE is an interesting novel by Kermit Roosevelt that explores a number of issues, most important of which is the power of the presidency and the federal government during wartime. Roosevelt, a professor of constitutional law at Pennsylvania’s Law School and a former Supreme Court clerk is emi......more

Interesting, somewhat Roosevelt has written a novel of historical fiction tracing the decision by the US Government to intern Japanese Americans in a series of concentration camps across the country, allegedly to prevent them from participating in sabotage.  He created a character, Cash Harrison, wh......more

Brilliant! This page-turning novel takes us inside the halls of power in Washington, DC during WWII and reveals the true story behind one of the worst civil rights violations in US history when the government sent 120,000 US citizens to internment camps. Author Kermit Roosevelt masterfully brings Hu......more

Eloquent, richly detailed, suspenseful. Roosevelt succeeds on all fronts: eloquent writing, page-turning suspense, historical accuracy, complex characters, and a powerful story that inspires. It is a top-notch legal thriller --as another reviewer said-- and it's also a book that prompts self-reflecti......more

In the Author’s Note at the end of Kermit Roosevelt’s Allegiance, Roosevelt writes, “The story of America is a story of trying to live up to our ideals, of falling short, and of trying again. Thinking about the past, is one way we may hope to do better next time” (n.p.*). Allegiance centers on the d......more