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The best war ever : America and World War II / Michael C. C. Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Michael C. C., 1945- author.
- Series:
- American moment.
- The American moment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- He contrasts it with modern-day rhetoric surrounding the War on Terror, while analyzing the real-world consequences that result from distorting the past, including the dangerous idea that only through (perpetual) military conflict can we achieve lasting peace.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Maps
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface
- 1 No Easy Answers
- 2 The Patterns of War, 1939-1945
- 3 The American War Machine
- 4 Overseas
- 5 Home Front Change
- 6 The World Created by War
- 7 The Life Cycle of a Myth
- Afterword
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references ( pages [151]-153) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-1668-9
- OCLC:
- 907295552
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