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Informationen zum Autor Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents, who runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. He has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects. Stephen Walsh studied art at the North East Wales Institute and has worked as a professional illustrator since 1988. Since then he has illustrated a variety of books and games including Settlers of Catan . His projects for Osprey include such diverse subjects as the battle of Otterburn, the Chinese army from 1937 to 1949, and the US Home Front in World War II. Klappentext Osprey's examination of the situation on the United States home front during World War II (1939-1945). The outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939 led to cautious attempts to raise volunteer organizations among American men and women, to back the armed forces in the event of the USA becoming directly involved in the conflict. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused a huge surge of patriotic response, and voluntary enlistment in a wide range of auxiliary and civilian support services, as well as the armed forces, swelled vastly. Looking first at the background and general character of wartime life in the States, Alejandro de Quesada covers the main services, providing an interesting comparison with the conditions on the British Home Front and the experiences of other countries caught up in the war, examining organizations from the Red Cross to the Coast Guard. Full-color artwork reconstructions of the uniforms of over a dozen services are a unique feature of this book.This book reveals the forgotten story of wartime life in the USA detailing the myriad array of uniformed services that provided crucial support for the armed forces as well as recreating the fear and deprivations suffered by ordinary citizens. Zusammenfassung The outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939 led to cautious attempts to raise volunteer organisations among American men and women! to back the armed forces in the event of the USA becoming directly involved in the conflict. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused a huge surge of patriotic response! and voluntary enlistment in a wide range of armed forces auxiliary and civilian support services swelled vastly. Looking firstly at the background and general character of wartime life in the States! this book covers a number of these services! providing an interesting comparison with the conditions on the British Home Front and the experiences of other countries caught up in the war! examining organisations from the Red Cross to the Coast Guard and for the first time! containing full-colour reconstructions of over a dozen uniformed services. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION: the impact of World War II - public mood - saving and recycling - rationing - clothing - employment - sports - internment ENEMY AND HOMEGROWN FASCISM: U-Boats - Japanese shelling, bombing and balloons - the German-American Bund HOME DEFENSE & PREMILITARY TRAINING: office of Civil Defense - Reserve Officers Training Corps - Civilian Military Training Camps; State Defense Forces PATRIOTIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: United Service Organizations - Daughters of the Defenders of the Republic - American Women's Voluntary Services - Bundles for America - National Security Women's Corps - National Women's Council of the Navy League HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS: American Red Cross - Public Health Service - American Women's Hospitals reserve Corps - Women's Ambulance & Defense Corps of America - Junior American Nurse Inc - American Field Service MARITIME SERVICES: Army Transport Service - Coast and Geodetic Survey - Merchant Marine - US Coastguard Auxiliary AERONAUTICAL SERVICES: Air Transport Command - British ...
