Description |
xxiii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Human tradition in America ; no. 8
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : Americans in total war / Malcolm Muir Jr. -- Ralph A. Lee : farmer and service station operator / R. Alton Lee -- Mary Mihelcich : iron miner / Dana Miller -- William H. Hastie : the freedom to serve / C. Alvin Hughes -- The Hara family : the story of a Nisei couple / Thomas Hara -- Harold D. Lehman : a conscientious objector's story / Harold D. Lehman -- John Wayne : the man and his hero / John C. Lindeman and William J. Woolley -- Henry Morgenthau Jr. : American statesman and German American Jew / Dewey A. Browder -- Margaret Chase Smith : wartime congresswoman / Janann Sherman -- Harold E. Stassen : governor, naval officer, and diplomat / William E. Lass -- Arthur W. Radford : aviation trainer and combat commander / Jeffrey G. Barlow -- James M. Gavin : pioneer in airborne warfare, battlefield commander, and military maverick / Spencer C. Tucker -- Kenneth R. Martin, James Howard, and the pioneer Mustang group / Thomas A. Hughes -- Brooks E. Kleber : an infantryman's war / Brooks E. Kleber -- Mack Morriss : guardsman to Yank combat correspondent / Ronnie Day -- Justice M. Chambers : an American Cincinnatus / Donald F. Bittner -- George A. Lincoln : the evolution of a national strategist / Charles F. Brower IV. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
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United States -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography.
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United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945.
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Added Author |
Muir, Malcolm, 1943-
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Added Title |
World War II era |
ISBN |
0842027858 (alk. paper) |
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0842027866 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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