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The Best War Ever: America and World War II(The American Moment)

The Best War Ever: America and World War II(The American Moment)


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In this work, historian Michael Adams suggests that the public memory of World War II is distorted and that the war has left America with a misleading - even dangerous - legacy. Challenging many popular assumptions about the period, Adams argues that the American experience of World War II was positive but also disturbing, creating problems that continue to affect the US today. Combat was so brutal and demanding that 98 per cent of the men who were in action for more than 30 days suffered breakdowns; some American tanks and submarines were inferior to Axis models; despite heroic fighting by black units, officially sanctioned racism kept Army facilities rigorously segregated. At one point in the Italian campaign, VD cases outweighed battlefield wounds. Censorship was strict - if journalists didn't censor themselves, the government did it for them. In short, suggests Adams, World War II was everything that war is; violent, uncertain, costly and an arena for the best - and worst - of human behaviour.

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"Thought-provoking...Informative...Clearly argued and sensibly organized...Adams has a real gift for efficiently explaining complex historical problems."--David Farber, 'Reviews in American History' "By providing a coherent perspective on the myth of the Good War, Adams helps us revise our understanding of it. Through his lens, we can develop a more sharply focused awareness of the historic facts...and perhaps escape being condemned to relive history because we have misconstrued it."--J.T. Hansen, 'Journal of American History ' "This book will be most valuable to students and general readers who have not given World War II serious study but who are interested in achieving a better understanding of America's experience in what Dwight D. Eisenhower called 'the Great Crusade.'"--'Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'


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  • ISBN-13: 9780801846960
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: America and World War II
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 080184696X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 1993
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The American Moment
  • Weight: 430 gr


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