Crash course : from the good war to the forever war

Crash course : from the good war to the forever war /

Growing up during the Second World War, H. Bruce Franklin believed what he was told: that America's victory would lead to a new era of world peace. Like most Americans, he was soon led to believe in a world-wide Communist conspiracy that menaced the United States, forcing the nation into a disa...

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Main Author: Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2018
Series:War Culture
Subjects:
Historians > United States > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements.
War and society > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • 1. The Last Victory?
  • 2. The Bombs Bursting in Air, or How We Lost World War II
  • 3. New Connections
  • 4. Working for Communists during the Korean War
  • 5. On the Water Front
  • 6. Thirteen Confessions of a Cold Warrior
  • 7. Wake-Up Time
  • 8. Burning Illusions
  • 9. French Connections
  • 10. Coming Home
  • 11. The War Comes Home
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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