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Paperback

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Wiley-Interscience

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9781444331202

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Wiley-Blackwell

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This reader brings together 78 primary documents that capture the diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through World War II, from presidents and generals to war workers and GIs.

• Illustrates the political, diplomatic and military history of the conflict, including well-known documents, such as the Atlantic Charter and Franklin Roosevelt’s Congressional address requesting a declaration of war against Japan
• Highlights the far-reaching economic, social and cultural changes caused by the war, such as the struggles to find day care for the children of women war workers, and the experiences returning veterans
• Includes an introduction, document headnotes and questions at the end of each chapter designed to encourage students to engage with the material critically

The Second World War: A Short History (Struggle for Survival)

The Battle of Midway (Pivotal Moments in American History)

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Critical Issues in World and International History)

Major Problems in Atlantic History: Documents and Essays (Major Problems in American History Series)

Counter-Thrust: From the Peninsula to the Antietam (Great Campaigns of the Civil War)

The Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400-1900

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)

Rebecca's Revival: Creating Black Christianity in the Atlantic World