Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers During World War II

Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers During World War II by John Strausbaugh

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New York City during World War II wasn't just the home to servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I.Joes, and Rosie the Riveters; it was also a place of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, Fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters and hookers and profiteers; of latchkey kids and bobby-soxers, poets and painters, atomic scientists and atomic spies.

While the war launched and leveled nations, spurred economic growth, and saw the rise and fall of global Fascism, New York City would eventually emerge as the new capital of the world. From the Great Depression to VJ-Day, an array of fascinating New Yorkers rose to fame and played their parts in this transformation, including Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes, Joe Louis, Robert Moses, Joe DiMaggio, and countless others.

In Victory City, John Strausbaugh returns to tell the story of New York City's war years with the same richness, depth, and nuance he brought to his previous books, City of Sedition and The Village, providing readers with a groundbreaking new look into the greatest city on earth during the most transformative -- and costliest -- war in human history.

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Twelve, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2018