Don't You Know There's a War On? The American Home Front 1941-1945

by Lingeman, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781560254652
• ISBN10: 1560254653
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Bold Type Books

Summary

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergencyPearl Harborand America's subsequent involvement in World War II. In this evocative cultural history, Richard Lingeman re-creates the eventshistoric, humorous, and tragicand personalities of the American home front. From V-girls and V-mail, blackouts and the internment of the Japanese, to new opportunities for African-Americans and women, Lingeman recaptures a unique time in American history in this New York Times Notable Book.

Author Biography

Richard Lingeman is the longtime Senior Editor of the Nation, as well as a biographer, historian, and satirist. He began his career as an editor at Monocle magazine, and spent nine years at the New York Times Book Review as an editor and daily reviewer. He is the author of Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street, Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey, and Double Lives: American Authors' Friendships, among other titles. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(358)
I. Prelude: Saturday	13	(12)
II. In the Event of an Air Raid Walk, Do Not Run	25	(38)
III. The Changing Landscape: War Towns, War Brides and Washington	63	(44)
IV. Cost-Plus	107	(28)
V. Give Us the Tools	135	(33)
VI. Will This Picture Help Win the War?	168	(66)
VII. Shortages and Mr. Black	234	(37)
VIII. Pleasures, Pastimes, Fads and Follies	271	(52)
IX. War Nerves	323	(20)
X. The War Is Over!	343	(16)
Chapter Notes	359	(10)
Selected Bibliography	369	(6)
Index	375