Wartime America The World War II Home Front

Designed to give students a concise exploration of World War II’s transformative role in American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition with new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, coverage of WWII as the Good War, and the concept of "the Greatest Generation."

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

Designed to give students a concise exploration of World War II's transformative role in American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition with new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, coverage of WWII as the Good War, and the concept of "the Greatest Generation."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John W. Jeffries, Jeffries John W., John W Jeffries
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9781442276499
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7649-9
• Numero di pagine: 216
• Serie: American Ways; American Ways
• Categorie: USA, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Second World War, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General