The United States in World War II: A Documentary Reader: A Documentary Reader - Brossura

Piehler, G. Kurt

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ISBN 10: 1444331205 ISBN 13: 9781444331202

Casa editrice: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Riassunto

This reader brings together 78 primary documents that capturethe diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through WorldWar II, from presidents and generals to war workers and GIs.

• Illustrates the political, diplomatic and military history ofthe conflict, including well-known documents, such as the AtlanticCharter and Franklin Roosevelt’s Congressional addressrequesting a declaration of war against Japan
• Highlights the far-reaching economic, social and culturalchanges caused by the war, such as the struggles to find day carefor the children of women war workers, and the experiencesreturning veterans
• Includes an introduction, document headnotes and questions atthe end of each chapter designed to encourage students to engagewith the material critically

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Recensione:

This smart and imaginative collection conveys the weightof war, from battlefront to homefront; it should encourage studentsto confront the ambiguities and paradoxes of America s good war. – Beth Bailey, TempleUniversity

  This superb documentary reader will make anexcellent supplementary text for courses in World War II, U.S.military history, and modern America.  It includes a widerange of telling documents that together help illuminate thecomplexity, scope, and impact of the world′s most devastatingconflict. – Robert J. McMahon, Ohio StateUniversity

With his introduction that effectively synthesizes keyissues and competing views, Piehler invites students to analyzedocuments and form their own critical opinions of WWII and itsimpact on the postwar world history.  Simply the best readeravailable on this subject. – Masugi Shimada, KyotoUniversity

L'autore:

G. Kurt Piehler is Associate Professor of History at FloridaState University. He is author of Remembering War the AmericanWay (1995) and World War II  (2007) and co-editorof Major Problems in American Military History (1999),The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives(2009), and The Second World War: New Perspectives on Diplomacy,War, and the Home Front (2010).

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• Editore: Wiley-Blackwell
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1444331205
• ISBN 13: 9781444331202
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320