Wartime America: The World War II Home Front
- ISBN-10
- 1442276509
- ISBN-13
- 9781442276505
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-03-08
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- John W. Jeffries
Description
Designed to give students a concise exploration of World War II’s transformative role in American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition with new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, coverage of WWII as the Good War, and the concept of “the Greatest Generation.”
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