Download or read book Bayonets in Paradise written by Harry N. Scheiber and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative study recounts the extraordinary story of how the US army imposed rigid and absolute control on the total population of Hawaii during WWII. Based on archival sources, it places the long-neglected and largely unknown history of martial law in Hawai'i in the larger context of America's ongoing struggle between the defence of constitutional liberties and the exercise of emergency powers.