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Montgomery in the good war : portrait of a southern city, 1939-1946 / Wesley Phillips Newton ; introduction by Allen Cronenberg.
Van Pelt Library D769.85.A21 M666 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newton, Wesley Phillips.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Alabama--Montgomery.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Alabama--Montgomery.
- Montgomery (Ala.)--History--20th century.
- Montgomery (Ala.).
- Montgomery (Ala.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2000]
- Contents:
- 1 The City at the Start of the War 1
- 2 The Advent of Pearl Harbor 25
- 3 The Creation of Citizen Armed Forces 56
- 4 Montgomerians Head Overseas 76
- 5 The Emergence of the Home Front 96
- 6 The Black Community in Montgomery and Abroad 121
- 7 Life and Death at Home 141
- 8 Overlord and Aftermath 168
- 9 From the Bulge to Victory in Europe 194
- 10 The End of the War 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0817310436
- OCLC:
- 43661938
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