books
the best war ever america and world war ii
p was it really such a good war it was if popular memory is to be trusted . we knew who the enemy was . we knew what we were fighting for . the war was good for the economy . it was liberating for women . it was a war of tanks and airplanes a cleaner war than world war i. americans were united . soldiers were proud . it was a time of prosperity sound morality and power . p but according to historian michael adams our memory is distorted and it has left us with a misleading even dangerous legacy . challenging many of our common assumptions about the period adams argues that our experience of world war ii was positive but also disturbing creating problems that continue to plague us today .
paperback johns hopkins university press 1993 isbn 0801846978
abridged n isbn 13 9780801846977 number of pages 208 publisher johns hopkins univ pr release date 62135769600000 series title american moment