William K. Klingaman

The Darkest Year (eBook, ePUB)

The American Home Front 1941-1942

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The acclaimed narrative history of the American home front during WWII, from the attack on Pearl Harbor through 1942. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the United States might lose the war. Appeals for unity and declarations of support for the war effort made it appear as though the class hostilities and partisan animosities that had beset the United States for decades had suddenly disappeared. Yet a deeply divided American society was splintering even further as conflicting interest groups sought to turn the wartime emergency to their own advantage. Meanwhile, blunders and repeated displays of incompetence by the Roosevelt administration added to the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that hung over the nation. The Darkest Year focuses on Americans' state of mind not only through what they said, but in the day-to-day details of their behavior. William K. Klingaman delves into the social and cultural changes wrought by war, including shifts in family roles, race relations, economic pursuits, popular entertainment, education, and the arts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781250133182
• Artikelnr.: 55274624

Autorenporträt

William K. Klingaman

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Author's Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Prologue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1. Before Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Lights Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3. An Anxious Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4. Holiday Wishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5. Cloudy, Turning Colder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 99
6. An Unquiet Feeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7. The Golden West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8. Dark Tidings, Straight, No Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 179
9. Games of Chance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
10. Borrowed Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
11. Last Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
12. End of the Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Epilogue: December 7, 1942 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 293
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 303
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357