A Democracy at War

America’s Fight at Home and Abroad in World War II

William L. O'Neill

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$35.00 • £30.95 • €31.95

ISBN 9780674197374

Publication Date: 07/21/1998

Short

512 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

31 halftones

World

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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

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