- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Day of Infamy
- 2. America in 1941
- 3. The Lion and the Albatross: FDR and Lindy
- 4. The Force of Events
- 5. The Government Cannot Mobilize
- 6. Rout and Recovery
- 7. The People Are Willing
- 8. Operation Torch and the Great Debate over Strategy
- 9. The Sea of Dreams
- 10. The Politics of Sacrifice
- 11. Minorities and Women: The Democratic Failure
- 12. The Transformation of Everyday Life
- 13. Two Wars in the Pacific: Guadalcanal to Luzon
- 14. Air Power: The Democratic Delusion
- 15. The GI
- 16. Overlord
- 17. Victory in Europe
- 18. The War Winds Down at Home
- 19. The Destruction of Japan
- 20. The Reckoning
- Notes
- Index


A Democracy at War
America’s Fight at Home and Abroad in World War II
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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95
ISBN 9780674197374
Publication Date: 07/21/1998