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Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II
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Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II Hardcover - 2007 - 1st Edition

by Kenneth Rose


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Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.

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 during World War II than is generally acknowledged. Issues of racial, labor unrest, juvenile delinquency, and marital infidelity were rampant, and the black market flourished.

This book delves into both personal and national issues, calling into questions the dominant view of World War II as 'The Good War'.

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  • Title Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II
  • Author Kenneth Rose
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2007-10-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415956765 / 0415956765
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects -, United States - Social conditions - 1933-1945
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007002092
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.537

About the author

Kenneth D. Rose is Lecturer of twentieth-century American and social history at California State University, Chico. He is the author of One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture and American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition.

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