The War at Home: World War II in Suburban Maryland and Washington, D. C.

by James Stubbs

America was transformed in World War II. To those who came after, the events and situations in the wartime Washington of World War II will seem strange. Among those covered in the book was the mobilization of junior and senior high schools in a Maryland suburb in which all students were broken down into military-style units (squads, platoons, and companies ). Coach cars on crack "all-nighter" inter-city trains leaving Washington were the scene of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478252375
• ISBN13: 9781478252375
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"