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As America fought to defend democratic ideals in Europe and Asia during World War II, our own democratic politics at home paradoxically created a far less than efficient war effort on both civilian and military fronts. While America's glorious triumphs in World War II are well known, the... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Summary edit
Revises the idea that America won World War II through superior numbers and material predominance, arguing that temporizing by the government led to inferior weaponry and an outmanned infantry and only the bravery of soldiers and their families produced victory.
People edit
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Add a description of this character.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- George C. Marshall
- Hitler
- Patton
- Lindbergh
- Stimson
- Churchill
- Stalin
- Macarthur
- Nelson
- Truman
- Omar Bradley
- John L. Lewis
- Halsey
- Baruch
- Stilwell
- Morgenthau
- Ickes
- Arnold
- James F. Byrnes
- Eberstadt
- Montgomery
- Rommel
- Giraud
- Nimitz
- De Gaulle
- Cordell Hull
- Ruml
- Wendell Willkie
- Spruance
- Speer
- Chennault
- Woodrow Wilson
- Wedemeyer
- Szilard
- John J. McCloy
- Eaker
- Mussolini
- Knox
- Spaatz
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Douglas
- Chūichi Nagumo
- Kaiser
- Thomas E. Dewey
- Walter Lippmann
Setting & Locations edit
- Japan
- America
- Germany
- Great Britain
- United States
- Russia
- China
- Europe
- France
- Washington
- Central Pacific
- Italy
- North Africa
- Okinawa
- Normandy
- Hawaii
- Berlin
- New York
- Manchuria
- Australia
- Luzon
- Poland
- Sicily
- Hollywood
- London
- White House
- Guadalcanal
- New Guinea
- Southeast Asia
- Pearl Harbor
- Atlantic
- Burma
- Tokyo
- Yalta
- Detroit
- Tunisia
- California
- Rabaul
- England
- India
- Casablanca
- Singapore
- Manila
- Channel
- Arkansas
- Rome
First Sentence edit
They came in low over the water, 40 torpedo bombers streaking for Battleship Row.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Day of Infamy
2. America in 1941
3. The lion and the Albatross: FDR and Lindy
4. The Force of Events
5. The Government Cannot Mobilize
6. Rout and Recovery
7. The People are Willing
8. Operation Torch and the Great Debate over Strategy
9. The Sea of Dreams
10. The Politics of Sacrifice
11. Minorities and Women: The Democratic Failure
12. The Transformation of Everyday Life
13. Two Wars in the Pacific: Guadalcanal to Luzon
14. Air Power: The Democratic Delusion
15. The GI
16. Overlord
17. Victory in Europe
18. The War Winds Down at Home
19. The Destruction of Japan
20. The Reckoning
Notes
Index
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- William L. O'Neill (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: The Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0029236789
Page Count: 496
Publisher: The Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0029236789
Page Count: 496
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: D769 .O64 1993
- Dewey: 355
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › History › Military › World War II › Home Front
- Books › History › Military › United States
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