The Year of Peril: America in 1942 by Campbell, Tracy

The Year of Peril: America in 1942

This fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World...
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Author: Tracy Campbell
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The Year of Peril: America in 1942 by Campbell, Tracy

The Year of Peril: America in 1942

¥5,222

The Year of Peril: America in 1942

¥5,222
Author: Tracy Campbell
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II "place(s) today's myriad social traumas and dislocations in perspective."--George Will, Washington Post

Winner of the New-York Historical Society's Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize

The Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the Pacific and the struggle to establish a beachhead on the European front, America seemed to be on the brink of defeat and was beginning to splinter from within.

Exploring this precarious moment, Tracy Campbell paints a portrait of the deep social, economic, and political fault lines that pitted factions of citizens against each other in the post-Pearl Harbor era, even as the nation mobilized, government-aided industrial infrastructure blossomed, and parents sent their sons off to war. This captivating look at how American society responded to the greatest stress experienced since the Civil War reveals the various ways, both good and bad, that the trauma of 1942 forced Americans to redefine their relationship with democracy in ways that continue to affect us today.

Author: Tracy Campbell
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 02/09/2021
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780300258530


Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2022

About the Author
Tracy Campbell is the E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor of American History at the University of Kentucky. His previous books include The Gateway Arch: A Biography and Deliver the Vote: A History of Election Fraud, an American Political Tradition, 1742-2004.

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