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9780415956772

Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415956772

  • ISBN10:

    0415956773

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-10-08
  • Publisher: Routledge

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P EM Myth and the Greatest Generation /EM calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as EM The Greatest Generation /EM by Tom Brokaw. /P P Including analysis of news reports, memoirs, novels, films and other cultural artefacts Ken Rose shows the war was much more disruptive to the lives of Americans in the military and on the home front than is generally acknowledged. Issues of racial, labor unrest, juvenile delinquency, and marital infidelity were rampant, and the black market flourished. /P P /P P This book delves into both personal and national issues, calling into questions the dominant view of World War II as 'The Good War'. /P

Author Biography

Kenneth D. Rose is Lecturer of twentieth-century American and social history at California State University, Chico

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
World War II Timelinep. xiii
Introductionp. 1
Americans Abroad
Fairness, Savagery, Delight, Trauma, and Vicep. 11
Combat Rememberedp. 45
Why We Fightp. 61
Americans at Home
Gearing Up for Warp. 81
The Home Front and Its Discontentsp. 105
Life at the Marginsp. 129
Americans and the Culture of World War II
Popular Culturep. 163
The Literature of Warp. 185
Americans and the End of the War
Haunted Forests and Death Camps, Kamikazes and Atomic Bombsp. 207
Going Homep. 225
Conclusionp. 251
Notesp. 257
Indexp. 343
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