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What They Didn't Teach You about World War II

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ISBN-10: 0891417230

ISBN-13: 9780891417231

Edition: 2000

Authors: Mike Wright

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Instead of reading lists of dates and battle locations, Mike Wright's book concentrates upon the human aspects of World War II and offers interesting ideas and facts regarding those who fought and those who stayed at home.
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Mike Wright is the author of the "What They Didn't Teach You ..." books. In addition to the American Revolution, he has tackled the Civil War, World War II, & the Wild West. Future volumes will cover the sixties & the twentieth century. Wright, an Emmy-winning television writer, lives in Chicago.

Acknowledgments
Chronology of World War II
Introduction
Greetings: Moments To Remember
Camp Life: You're In The Army Now
Now We Begin: Canned Goods Gone Bad
Women at Home, Women at War: Fighting for the Right to be Second Class Citizens
The Children of War: When Daddy Went Away
Rationing America: Getting Along With Less
Rendezvous With Death: Confidence Gained, A Generation Lost
Names and Faces: A Funny Thing Happened to Me During the War
Leaders Who Went to War: What Did You Do in the War, Mr. President?
Kick 'em in the Axis: Mussolini, Hitler, and All Their Jazz
At War in the Air: Off We Go Into an Even Wilder Blue Yonder
Weapons Stranger Than Fiction: Is This a Gun I See Before Me?
Submarines: More Than Just a Sandwich
Remembering Pearl Harbor: A World Without Peace
Censorship: Fighting the War in Black and White
A Big Mac Attack: When an Old Solider was Young
POWs: Prisoner Mine, Prisoner Yours
Reporters, Writers, and Photographers: Don't Shoot the Messenger
I Spy, You Spy: The Few, The Proud, The Secret Agents
Frozen in Time: A Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That
Building the Atomic Bomb: Trinity and Bathtub Row
Uncle Sam Wants You, Maybe: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Want to Know
The Crown Jewels of War: To Rise Up and Fight Again
The Holocaust: Victims of War in All Shapes, Sizes, and Religions
Epilogue: Peace as a Personal Thought: What Will Happen if Tomorrow Comes?
Selected Bibliography
Index