Much of World War II took place half a world away from where we live.
But then... the recent anniversary of the people killed by a balloon bombing in Bly, Oregon provided one reminder that the war came closer.
Then there's the issue of the internment camps for Japanese-Americans near the state line, covered in Richard Reeves's book Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II.
The book is just the latest in a long line of significant works by Reeves, who joins us by phone.
