LEADER 05259nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910791700803321 005 20221214164457.0 010 $a0-8232-4079-7 010 $a0-8232-3122-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000052777 035 $a(EBL)3239537 035 $a(OCoLC)923763515 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000093445 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3239537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3239537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10426634 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000052777 100 $a20090406d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 04$aThe United States and the Second World War$b[electronic resource] $enew perspectives on diplomacy, war, and the home front /$fedited by G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cFordham University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (416 p.) 225 1 $aWorld War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8232-3120-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""introduction""; ""roosevelt at the rubicon: the great convoy debate of 1941""; ""containment, rollback, and the onset of the pacific war, 1933a???1941""; ""a???a???in terms of peoples rather than nationsa???a???: 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"" 327 $a""veterans tell their stories and why historians and others listened""""semper paratus: the u. s. coast guarda???s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""coast guarda???s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""american pacifism, the a???a???greatest generation,a???a??? 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, 1948a???1960""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" 330 $aIn this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the United States to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory, and war-time planning for the postwar world, but also tackle new inquiries into life on the home front and America's commemoration of one of the most controversial and climatic events of the war-the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the United States to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory, and war-time planning for the postwar world, but also tackle new inquiries into life on the home front and America's commemoration of one of the most controversial and climatic events of the war-the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. These outstanding historians cover crucial moments such as: Franklin D. Roosevelt's pivotal, if at times indecisive, role in leading the United States The miscalculation of Japanese intentions by American diplomats and the failure of deterrence in preventing war in the Pacific The experiences and contributions of conscientious objectors to American society in this time of total war The decision of the United States to fight with an ineffective battle tank at the expense of American lives The Coast Guard's contribution to the D-Day Landing How elite foreign policy organizations prior to V-J Day sought to influence American occupation policies regarding Japan With these essays and much more, The United States in the Second World War is sure to prove a classic to World War II buffs. 410 0$aWorld War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1933-1945 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1933-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 676 $a940.53/73 701 $aPiehler$b G. Kurt$0532580 701 $aPash$b Sidney$01555974 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791700803321 996 $aThe United States and the Second World War$93818343 997 $aUNINA