LEADER 03679oam 2200577 450 001 9910794022703321 005 20230126222452.0 010 $a0-300-25283-8 010 $a9780300252835$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a0300252838$b(electronic bk.) 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300252835 035 $a(CKB)4100000011209381 035 $a(OCoLC)1153810446 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6187309 035 $a(DE-B1597)555530 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300252835 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011209381 100 $a20200526h20202020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe year of peril $eAmerica in 1942 /$fTracy Campbell 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-300-23378-7 311 08$aOriginal 0300233787 9780300233780 (OCoLC)1121610035 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 357-371) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tPREFACE --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tDecember 1941: ?the most tremendous undertaking? --$t1. January: state of the union --$t2. February: ?the worst week of the century? --$t3. March: total war --$t4. April: ?general max? --$t5. May: ?these fascist economic measures? --$t6. June: rumors of war --$t7. July: ?the principles of democracy? --$t8. August: ?insuperable difficulties? --$t9. September: ?threat of economic chaos? --$t10. October: ?pay as you go? --$t11. November: second fronts --$t12. December: a new democratic capitalism --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States$xPsychological aspects 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1933-1945 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1918-1945 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1933-1945 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSocial aspects 676 $a973.917 700 $aCampbell$b Tracy$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01485464 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 801 2$bNhCcYBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794022703321 996 $aThe year of peril$93769417 997 $aUNINA