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Klingaman, William K. author.
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
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The darkest year : the American home front, 1941-1942 / William K. Klingaman.
by
Klingaman, William K. author.
Subjects
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
United
States
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
United
States
--
Psychological
aspects
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Economic
aspects
--
United
States
.
World
War
,
1939-1945
--
Social
aspects
--
United
States
.
United
States
--
History
--
1933-1945.
United
States
--
Economic conditions
--
1918-1945.
United
States
--
Social conditions
--
1933-1945.
United
States
--
Social life and customs
--
1918-1945.
Publisher Info:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
©2019
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 371 pages ; 25 cm
RDA Types:
text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9781250133175
1250133173
9781250133182
Contents:
Prologue
--
Before Pearl
--
Lights out
--
An anxious trip
--
Holiday wishes
--
Cloudy, turning colder
--
An unquiet feeling
--
The golden west
--
Dark tidings, straight, no sugar
--
Games of chance
--
Borrowed time
--
Last call
--
End of the beginning
--
Epilogue: December 7, 1942.
Format Book:
Summary:
"The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a
psychological
study of the nation under the pressure of total
war
. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of
World
War
Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the
United
States
might lose the
war
. Appeals for unity and declarations of support for the
war
effort in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor made it appear as though the class hostilities and partisan animosities that had beset the
United
States
for decades
--
and grown sharper during the Depression
--
suddenly disappeared. They did not, and a deeply divided American society splintered further during 1942 as numerous interest groups sought to turn the wartime emergency to their own advantage. Blunders and repeated displays of incompetence by the Roosevelt administration added to the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that hung over the nation. The Darkest Year focuses on Americans' state of mind not only through what they said, but in the day-to-day details of their behavior. Klingaman blends these
psychological
effects with the changes the
war
wrought in American society and culture, including shifts in family roles, race relations, economic pursuits, popular entertainment, education, and the arts."--Provided by publisher.
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