Melancholy Baby - The Unplanned Consequences of G.i.s Arrival in Europe for World War

Informationen zum Autor PAMELA WINFIELD is President of TRACE (Transatlantic Children's Enterprise), a nonprofit group that helps the children of G.I.s find their fathers. She has several books published in the U.K. which are on social issues and she also lectures groups throughout the U.K. and Europe on several subjects, the most popular, G.I. Brides and G.I. Babies. Klappentext More than a million American G.I.s were crammed into the UK prior to the invasion of France during World War II. Wherever they landed, the G.I.s took the British population by surprise. Very few people had ever met a real American before. In those days, the U.S. was more remote than Siberia is to the present generation. All anyone knew about Americans had been learned from the silver screen. How could they be resisted? We can only guess at the total number of children that the G.I.s left behind. Figures quoted have varied from 10,000 to 100,000 but there are no official sources on which to base these numbers. Not surprisingly, these children today represent as much of a social cross section as the women who dated the G.I.s. But regardless of background, they all share the common goal of wanting to find the American father who holds the other half of their personal history. This book relates the social history of the military situation of World War II in Europe. It records how many British were dazzled by and fell in love with American G.I.s who arrived in the U.K. to train for the Invasion of France. Although some married their sweethearts, many more did not. Meanwhile, on the Continent, young women who became pregnant ended up in dire social straits. What is important now is that the children of these liaisons should have the opportunity to learn about the missing half of their heritage. Pamela Winfield, president of TRACE, a nonprofit group that helps these children find missing parents, tells us their stories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The U.S. Navy Afloat in London Service Wife Fast Forward - The Early 1980s and the Founding of TRACE (1986) A Stranger to Myself Things Can Only Get Better Rejection Comes in Various Forms A Thousand Butterflies in My Belly Helping Hands Good Samaritan Welcome Home Letters from America Still Looking Summing Up ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Pamela Winfield, Winfield Pamela
• Editore: Greenwood Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 7 a 17 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780897896399
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-639-9
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Europe, European History, American History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, Second World War, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Sociology: family and relationships, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater