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Myth and the Greatest Generation A Social History of Americans in World War II

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ISBN-10: 0415956773

ISBN-13: 9780415956772

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kenneth Rose

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P EM Myth and the Greatest Generation /EM calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as EM The Greatest Generation /EM by Tom Brokaw. /P P Including analysis of news reports, memoirs, novels, films and other cultural artefacts Ken Rose shows the war was much more disruptive to the lives of Americans in the military and on the home front than is generally acknowledged. Issues of racial, labor unrest, juvenile delinquency, and marital infidelity were rampant, and the black market flourished. /P P /P P This book delves into both personal and national issues, calling into questions the dominant view of World War II as The Good War. /P
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Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.98" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Kenneth Rose is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Christopher Newport University, Virginia, USA. He has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond, and the University of Massachusetts. He holds an M.Div. from Harvard University Divinity School and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from Harvard University. At Harvard, he was a Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions. He is the author of Knowing the Real: John Hick on the Cognitivity of Religions and Religious Pluralism and has published numerous academic articles and reviews.

Acknowledgments
World War II Timeline
Introduction
Americans Abroad
Fairness, Savagery, Delight, Trauma, and Vice
Combat Remembered
Why We Fight
Americans at Home
Gearing Up for War
The Home Front and Its Discontents
Life at the Margins
Americans and the Culture of World War II
Popular Culture
The Literature of War
Americans and the End of the War
Haunted Forests and Death Camps, Kamikazes and Atomic Bombs
Going Home
Conclusion
Notes
Index