Americans Remember the Homefront

by Hoopes, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780425186640
• ISBN10: 0425186644
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-07
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

"Compelling." (New York Times) "Impressive and moving." (Los Angeles Times) From the first surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the emotional aftermath of World War II's final victory, this rich and powerful tapestry of voices offers firsthand memories of a nation united... "[An] endlessly surprising personal history." (United Press International) "Hoopes interviewed nearly 200 Americans for this oral history of the home front. Many of them speak wonderingly of an almost innocent exhilaration triggered by World War II [that] showed Americans something larger than themselves. This collection of memories ranges over wartime Washington, the transformation of industries, the families stumbling around in blacked-out houses...hundreds of nostalgic oddments...Such a collage has an effect of Whitmanesque tenderness." (Time Magazine)

Author Biography

Roy Hoopes spent some of the war years at home and some in the South Pacific. A career journalist and award-winning biographer, he has written many books including When the Stars Went to War: Hollywood and World War II and the recent novel, Our Man in Washington.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
``A Date Which Will Live in Infamy...''	1	(39)
Washington at War	40	(33)
Industry at War	73	(41)
Keeping the Country Informed	114	(30)
The War Effort-Almost Everyone Was Involved	144	(38)
``Don't You Know There's a War On?''	182	(35)
Wives and Children	217	(39)
The Home Front	256	(26)
The Ultimate Cost of Victory	282	(18)
1945-The End	300	(34)
Aftermath	334	(23)
Index	357