The Resource A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along, (electronic resource)
A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along, (electronic resource)
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The item A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lane Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- World War II shaped the United States in profound ways, and this new book--the first in the Legacies of War series--explores one of the most significant changes it fostered: a dramatic increase in ethnic and religious tolerance. A Nation Forged in War is the first full-length study of how large-scale mobilization during the Second World War helped to dissolve long-standing differences among white soldiers of widely divergent backgrounds. Never before or since have so many Americans served in the armed forces at one time: more than 15 million donned uniforms in the period from 1941 to 19
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Contents
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- Foreword; Introduction; 1. The America They Left Behind; 2. The Ethnic Army; 3. Introduction to the Army; 4. Hours of Boredom; 5. Instants of Excitement and Terror; 6. Coming Home, Taking Over; 7. The New Consensus and Beyond; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781572337794
- Label
- A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along
- Title
- A Nation Forged in War
- Title remainder
- How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along
- Subject
-
- Electronic books
- Freading Electronic Book
- HISTORY / General
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- History
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Army | History | World War, 1939-1945
- United States -- Army | Military life | History -- 20th century
- African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Ethnic relations | History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- United States, Army -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- United States, Army -- Mobilization | History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, European American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- Army | Mobilization | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- World War II shaped the United States in profound ways, and this new book--the first in the Legacies of War series--explores one of the most significant changes it fostered: a dramatic increase in ethnic and religious tolerance. A Nation Forged in War is the first full-length study of how large-scale mobilization during the Second World War helped to dissolve long-standing differences among white soldiers of widely divergent backgrounds. Never before or since have so many Americans served in the armed forces at one time: more than 15 million donned uniforms in the period from 1941 to 19
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bruscino, Thomas A
- Dewey number
-
- 940.5403
- 940.5403
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D769.1 .B78 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- History
- World War, 1939-1945
- African American soldiers
- Race discrimination
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- HISTORY / General
- United States
- United States
- Label
- A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along, (electronic resource)
- Contents
- Foreword; Introduction; 1. The America They Left Behind; 2. The Ethnic Army; 3. Introduction to the Army; 4. Hours of Boredom; 5. Instants of Excitement and Terror; 6. Coming Home, Taking Over; 7. The New Consensus and Beyond; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- frd782879981
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781572337794
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781572337794
- (Sirsi) b1407344
- Label
- A Nation Forged in War : How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along, (electronic resource)
- Contents
- Foreword; Introduction; 1. The America They Left Behind; 2. The Ethnic Army; 3. Introduction to the Army; 4. Hours of Boredom; 5. Instants of Excitement and Terror; 6. Coming Home, Taking Over; 7. The New Consensus and Beyond; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- frd782879981
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781572337794
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781572337794
- (Sirsi) b1407344
Subject
- Electronic books
- Freading Electronic Book
- HISTORY / General
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- History
- Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Army | History | World War, 1939-1945
- United States -- Army | Military life | History -- 20th century
- African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Ethnic relations | History -- 20th century
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- United States, Army -- Military life | History -- 20th century
- United States, Army -- Mobilization | History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, European American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States
- United States -- Army | Mobilization | History -- 20th century
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