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The myth of the good war : America in the Second World War / Jacques R. Pauwels.

Title: The myth of the good war : America in the Second World War / Jacques R. Pauwels.
Author: Pauwels, Jacques R.
Publication: Toronto : J. Lorimer, 2002.

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288 p.; 23 cm.

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Note

First publised Berchem : EPO, c2000 under title: De mythe van de "goede oorlog".

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction: America and the myth of the "great crusade" -- 2. The American power elite and fascism -- 3. America and the red peril -- 4. The war in Europe and America's economic interests -- 5. The United States at war with Japan and Germany -- 6. Class warfare on the American home front -- 7. A second front for Stalin, or a third front in the air? -- 8. Stalin's Soviet Union : an unloved but useful partner -- 9. The liberation of Italy : a fateful fait accompli -- 10. The long summer of 1944 -- 11. The successes of the Red Army and the Yalta Agreements -- 12. Dresden : a signal for Uncle Joe -- 13. Roosevelt and the "soft line" toward Stalin -- 14. An anti-Soviet crusade together with the Germans? -- 15. The winding road to the German surrender(s) -- 16. America between confidence and concern -- 17. Nuclear diplomacy and the onset of the Cold War -- 18. A useful new enemy -- 19. Corporate collaboration and the so-called "De-Nazification" of Germanym (1) -- 20. Corporate collaboration and the so-called "De-Nazification" of Germany (2) -- 21. The United States, the Soviets, and the post-war fate of Germany -- After 1945: from the good war to permanent war.

ISBN

1550287710

OCLC

50755310
SCSB-11793411

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Harvard Library