Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II

by Thomas Childers

Book Overview

One of our most enduring national myths surrounds the men and women who fought in the so-called Good War. The Greatest Generation, we're told by Tom Brokaw and others, fought heroically, then returned to America happy, healthy and well-adjusted. They quickly and cheerfully went on with the business of rebuilding their lives.

In this shocking and hauntingly beautiful book, historian Thomas Childers shatters that myth. He interweaves the intimate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547336926
• ISBN13: 9780547336923
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"