03627nam 2200601Ia 450 991045799710332120200520144314.00-8232-4079-70-8232-3122-4(CKB)2560000000052777(EBL)3239537(OCoLC)923763515(StDuBDS)EDZ0000093445(MiAaPQ)EBC3239537(Au-PeEL)EBL3239537(CaPaEBR)ebr10426634(EXLCZ)99256000000005277720090406d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||The United States and the Second World War[electronic resource] new perspectives on diplomacy, war, and the home front /edited by G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20101 online resource (416 p.)World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimensionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8232-3120-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""introduction""; ""roosevelt at the rubicon: the great convoy debate of 1941""; ""containment, rollback, and the onset of the pacific war, 1933â€?1941""; ""â€?â€?in terms of peoples rather than nationsâ€?â€?: world war ii propaganda and conceptions of u. s. foreign policy""; ""allotment annies and other wayward wives: wartime concerns about female disloyalty and the problem of the returned veteran""; ""general george s. patton and the war-winning sherman tank myth""; ""naval gunfire support in operation neptune: a reexamination""""veterans tell their stories and why historians and others listened""""semper paratus: the u. s. coast guardâ€?s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""coast guardâ€?s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""american pacifism, the â€?â€?greatest generation,â€?â€? and world war ii""; ""foreign policy experts as service intellectuals: the american institute of pacific relations, the council on foreign relations, and planning the occupation of japan during world war ii""; ""hiroshima and the u. s. peace movement: commemoration of august 6, 1948â€?1960""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""In this text, Piehler and Pash bring together a collection of essays offering an examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the US to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory and more.World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.World War, 1939-1945United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Diplomatic historyWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1933-1945United StatesSocial conditions1933-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Participation, American.World War, 1939-1945Diplomatic history.World War, 1939-1945Social aspects940.53/73Piehler G. Kurt532580Pash Sidney893785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457997103321The United States and the Second World War1996443UNINA