Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II

Name: Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II
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ISBN: 9780700619177

ISBN-10: 0700619178

ISBN-13: 9780700619177

Edition: 2013

Authors: Nancy Beck Young

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History tells us that World War II united Americans, but as in other conflicts it was soon back to politics as usual. Nancy Beck Young argues that the illusion of cooperative congressional behavior actually masked internecine party warfare over the New Deal. Young takes a close look at Congress during the most consensual war in American history to show how its members fought intense battles over issues ranging from economic regulation to social policies. Her book highlights the extent of-and reasons for-liberal successes and failures, while challenging assumptions that conservatives had gained control of legislative politics by the early 1940s. It focuses on the role of moderates in modern…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 376
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The World before the War



Bringing Home the Bacon: Congress and the Economics of War



"We'll Get Down and Fight" over Resource Management



"Congress DOES Have Power" over the President



"A Lesson to the President": Labor Legislation



Human Rights or Human Wrongs? Congress, Pluralism, and Social Justice



"The Dregs of Europe": A Conflicted Refugee Policy



A "Virtual Black-Out of Civil Liberties" and the Politics of Prejudice



"Saving America for Americans": The Fascistic Origins of the Second Red Scare


Epilogue: The World the War Made


Notes


Essay on Sources


Bibliography


Index