The Tarnished Rose

This Is The Story Of A Young Japanese-American Iva Toguri Who Found Herself Stranded In Japan Following The Attack On Pearl Harbor. Seeking Employment In A Belligerent Country She Worked For Radio Tokyo. There She Joined A Conspiracy Led By An Australian To Obstruct And Reduce The Effectiveness Of Japanese Propaganda Aimed At Allied Soldiers In The Pacific. Following The War And Against A Backdrop Of National Revenge She Was Convicted Of Treason And Sent To Prison For Her Role As The Infamous Tokyo Rose A Person Who Never Really Existed. Many Years Later New Information Led To A Presidential Pardon For A Miscarriage Of Justice Brought About By Wartime Hysteria And Racial Animosity. Replete With Lessons It Is A Story Worth Knowing In Our Own Age Beset By America’S “War On Terrorism.”