Greatest Generation Comes Home: The Veteran In American Society (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) (Volume 99) - Hardcover

Gambone, Michael D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585444553 ISBN 13: 9781585444557

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2005

Synopsis

At the conclusion of World War II, Americans anxiously contemplated the return to peace. It was an uncertain time, filled with concerns about demobilization, inflation, strikes, and the return of a second Great Depression. Balanced against these challenges was the hope in a future of unparalleled opportunities for a generation raised in hard times and war.

One of the remarkable untold stories of postwar America is the successful assimilation of sixteen million veterans back into civilian society after 1945. The G.I. generation returned home filled with the same sense of fear and hope as most citizens at the time. Their transition from conflict to normalcy is one of the greatest chapters in American history.

The Greatest Generation Comes Home combines military and social history into a comprehensive narrative of the veteran’s experience after World War II. It integrates early impressions of home in 1945 with later stories of medical recovery, education, work, politics, and entertainment, as well as moving accounts of the dislocation, alienation, and discomfort many faced. The book includes the experiences of not only the millions of veterans drawn from mainstream white America, but also the women, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans who served the nation.

Perhaps most important, the book also examines the legacy bequeathed by these veterans to later generations who served in uniform on new battlefields around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael D. Gambone teaches American history at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. A specialist on American foreign policy, he is the author of Eisenhower, Somoza, and the Cold War in Nicaragua, 1953–1961.

Review:

“. . . outstanding—clear, concise, and with the right amount of drama. I do not know of any book that pulls together so many issues that affected the returning soldiers’ lives.”—Nancy Gentile Ford, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, author of Americans All: Foreign-born Soldiers in World War II and Issues of War and Peace (Nancy Gentile Ford, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, author of Ameri)

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1585444553
• ISBN 13: 9781585444557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286