The United States and the Second World War: New Perspectives on Diplomacy, War, and the Home Front

Published by Fordham University Press 2010

The United States and the Second World War

New Perspectives on Diplomacy, War, and the Home Front

Edited by: G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash

In the series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293292

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In this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the United States to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory, and war-time planning for the postwar world, but also tackle new inquiries into life on the home front and America's commemoration of one of the most controversial and climatic events of the war-the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. These outstanding historians cover crucial moments such as: Franklin D. Roosevelt's pivotal, if at times indecisive, role in leading the United States The miscalculation of Japanese intentions by American diplomats and the failure of deterrence in preventing war in the Pacific The experiences and contributions of conscientious objectors to American society in this time of total war The decision of the United States to fight with an ineffective battle tank at the expense of American lives The Coast Guard's contribution to the D-Day Landing How elite foreign policy organizations prior to V-J Day sought to influence American occupation policies regarding Japan With these essays and much more, The United States in the Second World War is sure to prove a classic to World War II buffs.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Sidney Pash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Roosevelt at the Rubicon: The Great Convoy Debate of 19 J. Garry Clifford and Robert H. Ferrell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
2. Containment, Rollback, and the Onset of the Pacific War, 1933–1941 Sidney Pash Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3. ‘‘In Terms of Peoples Rather Than Nations’’: World War II Propaganda and Conceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy Justin Hart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. Allotment Annies and Other Wayward Wives: Wartime Concerns About Female Disloyalty and the Problem of the Returned Veteran Ann Pfau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
5. General George S. Patton and the War-Winning Sherman Tank My Nicholas D. Molnar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
6. Naval Gunfire Support in Operation Neptune: A Reexamination Barbara Brooks Tomblin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
7. Veterans Tell Their Stories and Why Historians and Others Listened G. Kurt Piehler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
8. Semper Paratus: The U.S. Coast Guard’s Flotilla 10 at Omaha Beach Mark A. Snell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
9. American Pacifism, the ‘‘Greatest Generation,’’ and World War II Scott H. Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
10. Foreign Policy Experts as Service Intellectuals: The American Institute of Pacific Relations, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Planning the Occupation of Japan During World War II Yutaka Sasaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
11. Hiroshima and the U.S. Peace Movement: Commemoration of August 6, 1948–1960 Rieko Asai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 356

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Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823293292