03679oam 2200577 450 991080974430332120230126222452.00-300-25283-89780300252835(electronic bk.)0300252838(electronic bk.)10.12987/9780300252835(CKB)4100000011209381(OCoLC)1153810446(MiAaPQ)EBC6187309(DE-B1597)555530(DE-B1597)9780300252835(EXLCZ)99410000001120938120200526h20202020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe year of peril America in 1942 /Tracy CampbellNew Haven, CT :Yale University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) illustrations0-300-23378-7 Original 0300233787 9780300233780 (OCoLC)1121610035 Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --PREFACE --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --December 1941: “the most tremendous undertaking” --1. January: state of the union --2. February: “the worst week of the century” --3. March: total war --4. April: “general max” --5. May: “these fascist economic measures” --6. June: rumors of war --7. July: “the principles of democracy” --8. August: “insuperable difficulties” --9. September: “threat of economic chaos” --10. October: “pay as you go” --11. November: second fronts --12. December: a new democratic capitalism --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --IndexA fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II The Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the Pacific and the struggle to establish a beachhead on the European front, America seemed to be on the brink of defeat and was beginning to splinter from within.   Exploring this precarious moment, Tracy Campbell paints a portrait of the deep social, economic, and political fault lines that pitted factions of citizens against each other in the post–Pearl Harbor era, even as the nation mobilized, government†‘aided industrial infrastructure blossomed, and parents sent their sons off to war. This captivating look at how American society responded to the greatest stress experienced since the Civil War reveals the various ways, both good and bad, that the trauma of 1942 forced Americans to redefine their relationship with democracy in ways that continue to affect us today.World War, 1939-1945United StatesPsychological aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesHistory1933-1945United StatesEconomic conditions1918-1945United StatesSocial conditions1933-1945History.fastWorld War, 1939-1945Psychological aspects.World War, 1939-1945Economic aspectsWorld War, 1939-1945Social aspects973.917Campbell Tracyauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1485464DE-B1597DE-B1597NhCcYBPBOOK9910809744303321The year of peril4102248UNINA