V was for Victory: Politics and American Culture During World War IIHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 1976 - 372 страница A distinguished historian examines the nation's involvement in a war that most americans thought necessary and righteous. He focuses on the home front: how our culture and politics affected the course of the war and how the war in turn affected us. Index. |
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1 The Selling of the | 15 |
2 Homely Heroes | 53 |
3 Getting and Spending | 90 |
4 War Lords and Vassals | 117 |
5 Outsiders | 147 |
The Rising Wind | 182 |
7 Congress and the Politics of Comfort | 221 |
8 Referendum on Roosevelt | 255 |
Victory | 301 |
The Veterans | 333 |
Acknowledgments | 341 |
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V was for Victory: Politics and American Culture During World War II John Morton Blum Преглед исечка - 1976 |
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