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Author Murray, Sylvie.

Title Writing World War II : a student's guide / Sylvie Murray ; with commentary by Robert D. Johnston.

Imprint New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  940.5373072 M966w 2011    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  940.5373 Mur    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Commentator's note / by Robert Johnston -- pt. 1. Before Pearl Harbor -- In the name of national security -- The great debate -- "The good war" -- Commentary / by Robert Johnston -- pt. 2. To "create a will to win" -- "It's everybody's job" -- A matter of private obligations -- Gendered patriots -- Commentary / by Robert Johnston -- pt. 3. Experiences of war -- "Their world can never be known to you" -- Writing home : intimate conversations about war -- Identities -- Commentary / by Robert Johnston -- Conclusion -- Afterword / by Robert Johnston.
Summary Counsels writers on how to think and write in the persuasive style, in an introduction to historical analysis that includes essays on America's involvement in World War II and critical assessments of the essays' writing process.
Source NBK 12/11 PPL
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Historiography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States -- Historiography.
Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography.
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography.
Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Historiography.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Historiography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Historiography.
Historiography -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Historiography -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Citizenship -- United States -- Historiography.
Politics -- United States -- Historiography.
Nationalism -- United States -- Historiography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States -- Historiography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Historiography.
United States -- Politics and government -- Historiography.
United States -- Social conditions -- Historiography.
Added Author Johnston, Robert D.
Added Title Writing World War 2
Writing World War Two
ISBN 9780809085491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0809085496 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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