- Summary
- Examines the ways in which American culture and politics on the home front affected the course of World War II, discussing the selling of the war, the creation of the GI hero, the benefits of the wartime economy, attitudes toward immigrants, and other topics.
- Series
- A Harvest book
Harvest book.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Blum, John Morton, 1921-2011.
- Published
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1977
- Locale
- United States
- Edition
- First Harvest edition
- Contents
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The selling of the war
Homely heroes
Getting and spending
War lords and vassals
Outsiders
Black America: the rising wind
Congress and the politics of comfort
Referendum on Roosevelt
Victory.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-362) and index.
The selling of the war -- Homely heroes -- Getting and spending -- War lords and vassals -- Outsiders -- Black America: the rising wind -- Congress and the politics of comfort -- Referendum on Roosevelt -- Victory.
