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Myth and the greatest generation : a social history of Americans in World War II

By Kenneth David , Rose

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
9780415956765, 0415956765, 9780415956772, 0415956773
Google Books ID
7WiPUjgq-ZAC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13510853 bytes)
Pages
361\348
Orientation
no
Paginated
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2020-09-29 01:07:24
World War II

Description

Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw. 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 during World War II than is generally acknowledged. Issues of racial, labor unrest, juvenile delinquency, and marital infidelity were rampant, and the black market flourished. This book delves into both personal and national issues, calling into questions the dominant view of World War II as ‘The Good War’.

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