United We Stand!: A Visual Journey of Wartime Patriotism

by Richard J. Perry

In times of crisis, Americans come together as one. Old Glory proudly waves from porches up and down our streets and above buildings in great metropolises and small town squares. Camaraderie becomes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888054646
• ISBN13: 9781888054644
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

What a visual journey!

"A Visual Journey of Wartime Patriotism United We Stand" by Richard J. Perry is an outstanding piece on World War II. I reccomend it as a must see for anyone interested in WWII. It presents a stunning display of images, as well as some interseting and insightful tidbits of text. I am excited to use this book in my social studies classroom.

Great book for a picturesque look at patriotism

I picked up this book because of it's eyecatching front cover and enjoyed flipping through it over and over again. This book is a great way to look back on the history of campaigning in hard times for the support of our soldiers. I personally enjoyed the quotes from people all over the United States remembering small details of the life and times during WWII. Although the book does not have a lot of articles or descriptions of the era, it was not meant to lecture on the life and times but rather give vignettes of history. The pictures remind you of going through a box hidden in your grandmother's basement of old keepsakes. It is obvious from the author, a U.S. Navy veteran, that a lot of care went into this collection.

United We Stand

"United We Stand" by Richard Perry is a wonderful look at an earlier era when, like today, the country stood together to face a common enemy. Not only is the book a visual delight and a capsule of memories for those who lived through the war, but it clearly illustrates the differences in warfare between then and now. Today we have a professional and technologically sophisticated military that can strike with surgical precision with few American lives lost. Currently, unless one has a relative or friend in the military or was involved in the destruction of the World Trade Center; we experience little personal sacrifice as the war on terrorism progresses.Perry graphically demonstrates that WW II affected everyone on a very personal level and that symbols of the war and patriotism thoroughly permeated society. Particularly poignant were the reminders of how the role of women changed during the war, how the population dealt with common experience of rationing and the personalization of instruments and the environment of war with reminders of why one was fighting (pictures and fanciful images of "the girl back home". Finally, the book reminds us of our own government's propaganda during the conflict. While brimming with nostalgia, this book plays an important role by illustrating how 60 years has changed the country's united response to military conflict.

A full-color showcase of collectible memorabilia

United We Stand!: A Visual Journey Of Wartime Patriotism by U.S. Navy veteran and war memorabilia collector Richard J. Perry is a full-color showcase of collectible memorabilia originally crafted to encourage American patriotism during the American involvement in the Second World War and which ranged from pictures World War II pin-up girls, to pins and buttons, to posters advertising war bonds. A "reader friendly" descriptive text accessibly explains the history and purpose of the more unusual items, but the majority of United We Stand! is dedicated to the photographs of unique memorabilia. Highly recommended for World War II history buffs, collectors and dealers, Collectors Press is donating a portion of the profits from the sales of this unique volume to the American Red Cross.