Americans Remember the Homefront
Autor Roy Hoopesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2002
From the first surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the emotional aftermath of World War II's final victory, this rich and powerful tapestry of voices offers firsthand memories of a nation united...
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780425186640
ISBN-10: 0425186644
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Berkley Books
ISBN-10: 0425186644
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Berkley Books
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Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy..."
2. Washington at War
3. Industry at War
4. Keeping the Country Informed
5. The War Effort - Almost Everyone Was Involved
6. "Don't You Know There's a War On"?
7. Wives and Children
8. The Home Front
9. The Ultimate Cost of Victory
10. 1945 - The End
11. Aftermath
Index
Introduction
1. "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy..."
2. Washington at War
3. Industry at War
4. Keeping the Country Informed
5. The War Effort - Almost Everyone Was Involved
6. "Don't You Know There's a War On"?
7. Wives and Children
8. The Home Front
9. The Ultimate Cost of Victory
10. 1945 - The End
11. Aftermath
Index
Recenzii
"Compelling." —New York Times
"Impressive and moving." —Los Angeles Times
"[An] endlessly surprising personal history." —United Press International
"Hoopes interviewed nearly 200 Americans for this oral history of the home front. Many of them speak wonderingly of an almost innocent exhilaration triggered by World War II [that] showed Americans something larger than themselves. This collection of memories ranges over wartime Washington, the transformation of industries, the families stumbling around in blacked-out houses...hundreds of nostalgic oddments...Such a collage has an effect of Whitmanesque tenderness." —Time Magazine
"Impressive and moving." —Los Angeles Times
"[An] endlessly surprising personal history." —United Press International
"Hoopes interviewed nearly 200 Americans for this oral history of the home front. Many of them speak wonderingly of an almost innocent exhilaration triggered by World War II [that] showed Americans something larger than themselves. This collection of memories ranges over wartime Washington, the transformation of industries, the families stumbling around in blacked-out houses...hundreds of nostalgic oddments...Such a collage has an effect of Whitmanesque tenderness." —Time Magazine
Notă biografică
Roy Hoopes spent some of the war years at home and some in the South Pacific. A career journalist and award-winning biographer, he has written many books including When the Stars Went to War: Hollywood and World War II and the recent novel, Our Man in Washington.
Descriere
A collection of reminiscences of people who experienced World War II on the home front--including students, hospital volunteers, and military wives--offers their views of scrap metal drives, war bond rallies, poster propaganda, and more.