Myth and the Greatest Generation: A Social History of Americans in World War II

by Kenneth D. Rose

Book Overview

Myth and the Greatest Generation calls into question the glowing paradigm of the World War II generation set up by such books as The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.

Including analysis of news reports, memoirs, novels, films and other cultural artefacts Ken Rose shows the war was much more disruptive to the lives of Americans in the military and on the home front during World War II than is generally acknowledged. Issues of racial, labor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415956765
• ISBN13: 9780415956765
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"