"General John DeWitt and the Proposed Internment of German and Italian Aliens during World War II," Pacific Historical Review 47 (November 1988): 407-38.

• Louis Knott Koontz Annual Memorial Award for "Best Article," Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association, 1989.

The Unknown Internment: An Oral History of the Relocation of Italian Americans during World War II (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990 - out of print). Republished in 2000 as: UnCivil Liberties: Italian Americans Under Siege during World War II.

• "Outstanding Book," Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the United States, 1991.
• American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1992.