Crash Course : : From the Good War to the Forever War / / H. Bruce Franklin.

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 disastrou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:War Culture
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Physical Description:1 online resource (384 p.) :; 12 b-w images
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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