Wartime America (eBook)

The World War II Home Front

John W. Jeffries (Autor)

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2018 | 2., Second Edition
216 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7650-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Designed to give students a concise compass to probe the history of World War II America and to assess the war's impact on American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition but adds new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, expanded coverage of World War II as the Good War, and the concept of ';the Greatest Generation.'Jeffries paints a picture of a people emerging from the Great Depression and eager for a better life, yet often reluctant to abandon the touchstones of their past. Combining both an original interpretation and synthesis of recent scholarship, Wartime America offers students a concise exploration of the war's transformative role in American life.

Autor

John W. Jeffries is Dean Emeritus of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Born in Oxford, Mississippi, he grew up in Annapolis Maryland, earned his B.A. from Harvard and, after five years in the U.S. Navy, his Ph.D. from Yale. In addition to Wartime America, he is author of Testing the Roosevelt Coalition: Connecticut Society and Politics in the Era of World War II; A Third Term for FDR: The Election of 1940; and numerous articles on policy and politics in the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency.

Inhalt

PrefaceChapter 1: Frameworks and Meanings Chapter 2: Mobilizing the Economy Chapter 3: Victory at Home and Abroad Chapter 4: A Nation on the Move Chapter 5: New Circumstances, Old Patterns Chapter 6: “Americans All?” Chapter 7: “Politics as Usual” Chapter 8: “Glimpses of War, Visions of Peace” Chapter 9: Other Home Fronts, Other Experiences Chapter 10: Epilogue A Note on Sources Index About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2018
• Reihe/Serie: American Ways
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Adolf Hitler • Allied Powers • american experience • Axis powers • FDR • Franklin Delano Roosevelt • Germany • good war • Great Depression • Greatest Generation • Harry S. Truman • joseph stalin • Nazi • United States
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7650-9 / 1442276509
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7650-5 / 9781442276505