A Nation Forged in War: How World War II Taught Americans to Get Along

by Thomas Bruscino

Book Overview

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 longstanding differences among White soldiers of widely divergent backgrounds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621900592
• ISBN13: 9781621900597
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.7"