{"product_id":"the-united-states-in-world-war-ii-isbn-9781444331202","title":"The United States in World War II","description":"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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIllustrates 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an introduction, document headnotes and questions at the end of each chapter designed to encourage students to engage with the material critically\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Acknowledgments xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 The Controversial War 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Henry Stimson, Diplomatic Note, 1932 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 William E. Dodd, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 US Congress, Excerpt from the Neutrality Act, 1935 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 \u003ci\u003eChicago Defender \u003c\/i\u003e, “League of Nations Holds Meetings,” Editorial, 1936 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Jane Woolsey, “No Mr. Churchill!” and Mandy Butler, “Yes, Mr. Churchill!,” \u003ci\u003eRutgers Anthologist \u003c\/i\u003e, 1941 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, “The Atlantic Charter,” 1941 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 US Congress, Excerpt from Hearings, \u003ci\u003ePropaganda in Motion Pictures \u003c\/i\u003e, 1941 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Cordell Hull Proposal to Japanese Ambassador Nomura and His Reply, 1941 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Pearl Harbor and Meeting the Fight 44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Ruth A. Erickson, Recollections of Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1997 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Eleanor Roosevelt, Script for Radio Program, 1941 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to the Joint Session of Congress, 1941 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 William Dyess, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe Eye‐witness Account of the Death March from Bataan \u003c\/i\u003e, 1944 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 General George Marshall to Admiral Ernest King, Memorandum, and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Harry L. Hopkins, General Marshall, and Admiral King, Memorandum, 1942 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The Pacific War 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Alvin Kernan, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Line: A Bluejacket ’ s World Odyssey \u003c\/i\u003e, 1994 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 John Hersey, Excerpt from “The Battle of Rivers,” \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003e, 1942 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 US Army Research Branch, Excerpt from Report No. B‐11, “Factors Affecting Morale of Veteran Infantrymen in the Pacific,” 1945 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 John Ciardi, Excerpts from Diary, 1944 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sam Smith, Oral History Interview Regarding Battle of Iwo Jima, 2004 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 The War in North Africa and Europe 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 George Marshall to Lesley McNair, Memorandum, 1942 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 James R. Forgan to Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, Memorandum, 1945 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Dwight Eisenhower, Draft Statement and Memorandum to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1944 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Harold E. Mayo, Letter to Robert Cummins, 1944 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Paul Fergot, Letters to Parents and Wife, 1944, 1945 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Emiel W. Owens, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eBlood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003e, 2006 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Mobilizing the Home Front 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 US Treasury Department, “This Is \u003ci\u003eMy \u003c\/i\u003eFight Too!” Poster, 1942 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Irving Berlin, “I Paid My Income Tax Today,” Song Lyrics, 1942 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 US Office of Price Administration, Ration Book Cover, Stamps, Instructions, 1942 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 New Jersey League of Women Voters, Leaguesboro‐onthe‐Air, “Black Market” Radio Script, 1943 or 1944? 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Newark, New Jersey, Defense Council, “Summary of Meeting on Care of Mothers and Children,” 1942 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Christian Commission for Camp and Defense Communities, “Church Letter on War Communities,” Newsletter, 1942 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 The Arsenal of Democracy 114\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Donald M. Nelson, Excerpts from \u003ci\u003eArsenal of Democracy: The Story of American War Production \u003c\/i\u003e, 1946 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Lee Wilson, Excerpt from Interview, 2006 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 US National War Labor Board, “Statement from the National War Labor Board to the Parties in Dispute Cases,” 1944 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Montgomery Ward Department Store, Flyers Distributed to Employees, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Flyer to Union Members, 1943, 1944 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sewell Avery and US Soldiers, Photograph, 1944 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e, “Law and Responsibility,” Editorial, 1944 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Janice C. Christensen, Letters to Parents, 1943 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Dae D. Baird, Letter to Evelyn E. Baird, July 7, 1944 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 The Quest for Freedom 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 John Haynes Holmes, Excerpt from “The Case of the Jehovah ’ s Witnesses,” \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century \u003c\/i\u003e, 1940 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Executive Order Reaffirming Policy of Full Participation by all Persons, Regardless of Race, Creed, Color, or National Origin,” 1941 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Frederick Wells to Harry A. Wann, Memorandum, 1942 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Daniel K. Inouye, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eJourney to Washington \u003c\/i\u003e, 1967 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Charles Kikuchi, Diary Entries, 1942 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Cesar Chavez, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eCesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa \u003c\/i\u003e, 1975 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 The American Response to the Holocaust 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Ferdinand M. Isserman, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eSentenced to Death: The Jews in Nazi Germany \u003c\/i\u003e, 1933 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Statement, 1938 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Robert Taft, Letter to Allan Tarlish, 1939 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Breckinridge Long, Diary Excerpts, 1940, 1942–1944 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Myron C. Taylor, Memorandum of Conversation, Letter to Cardinal Maglione, 1942 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e, “11 Allies Condemn Nazi War on Jews,” 1942 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Excerpt from “Personal Report to the President,” Memorandum, 1944 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Harold Porter, Letter to Parents, 1945 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 David Max Eichhorn, Sermon, 1945 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Simon Chilewich, Letter to Family, 1945 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 From Strategic Bombing to the Atomic Bomb 190\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Albert Einstein, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 US Army Air Force, Air War Plan Division, Excerpts from “Munitions Requirements of the AAF for the Defeat of our Potential Enemies,” 1941 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Pius XII, Memorandum on Bombing of Civilians, and Myron Taylor, Informal Notes for Discussion with Msgr. Montini, 1942 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Interim Committee, Excerpt from Notes of Meeting, 1945 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Senior Military Advisors, Excerpts from Minutes of Meeting, 1945 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Heads of Governments, United States, China, and the United Kingdom, Potsdam Declaration, 1945 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Henry Stimson, Diary Excerpts, 1945 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Kurt Vonnegut, “Wailing Shall Be in All the Streets,” 2008 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Visions of a Postwar World 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Henry Luce, Excerpt from “The American Century,” \u003ci\u003eLife \u003c\/i\u003e, 1941 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Wendell Willkie, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eOne World \u003c\/i\u003e, 1943 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Langston Hughes, “My America,” \u003ci\u003eJournal of Educational Sociology \u003c\/i\u003e, 1943 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, “Yalta Conference Public Statement,” 1945 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 United Nations, Excerpt from Charter, 1945 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Robert Jackson, Excerpts from Opening Address at Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Legacies of War 244\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 John J. Toffey IV, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eJack Toffey ’ s War \u003c\/i\u003e, 2008 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 US War Department, Excerpt from Pamphlet, “Going Back to Civilian Life: A Supplement Explaining the Provisions of the ‘GI Bill of Rights,’” 1944 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 \u003ci\u003eHarvard Crimson \u003c\/i\u003e, “Wistful Vista II,” 1946; “The Counsellor and the Dean,” 1947 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Eli Ginzberg, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eBreakdown and Recovery \u003c\/i\u003e, 1959 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eLife Beyond the Holocaust \u003c\/i\u003e, 2005 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Commemoration and Memory 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Archibald MacLeish, “Memorials Are For Remembrance,” \u003ci\u003eThe Architectural Forum \u003c\/i\u003e, 1944 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Elie Wiesel, Introduction to President ’ s Commission on the Holocaust, \u003ci\u003eReport to the President \u003c\/i\u003e, 1979 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ronald Reagan, Remarks on Signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese‐American Civilians, 1988 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tom Brokaw, Remarks at the Dedication of the National World War II Memorial, 2004 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, “Munich Shouldn’t be Such a Dirty Word,” \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e, 2008 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 285\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eG. Kurt Piehler\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Florida State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRemembering War the American Way\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/i\u003e  (2007) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eMajor Problems in American Military History\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War: New Perspectives on Diplomacy, War, and the Home Front\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).  World War II profoundly changed America: not only did it serve as the impetus for far-reaching changes in all aspects of life at home, but it also dramatically altered the perception of America internationally.  This reader offers 78 essential primary documents for the period 1939-1945 that illustrate the political, diplomatic, and military history of the conflict while also highlighting the important economic, social, and cultural changes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Editor G. Kurt Piehler captures the diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through the war, including the perspectives of presidents and generals, war workers and GIs, women and men, African Americans and Asian Americans, and refugees fleeing Hitler’s Germany.  It includes such documents as the Atlantic Charter and Franklin Roosevelt’s Congressional address requesting a declaration of war against Japan, as well as readings on the experiences of GIs on the home front, the struggle to find day care for the children of women war workers, debates over the American response to the Holocaust, and the quest for justice by ethnic, racial, and religious minorities.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bringing together well-known documents that are crucial to any study of the period with many enlightening documents that have never been published, \u003ci\u003eThe United States in World War II\u003c\/i\u003e offers a balanced account of the social and political forces that combined to make the American war experience unique and transformative.  \u003cp\u003e“This smart and imaginative collection conveys the weight of war, from battlefront to homefront; it should encourage students to confront the ambiguities and paradoxes of America’s ‘good war.’” - \u003ci\u003eBeth Bailey, Temple University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “This superb documentary reader will make an excellent supplementary text for courses in World War II, U.S. military history, and modern America.  It includes a wide range of telling documents that together help illuminate the complexity, scope, and impact of the world's most devastating conflict.” - \u003ci\u003eRobert J. McMahon, Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With his introduction that effectively synthesizes key issues and competing views, Piehler invites students to analyze documents and form their own critical opinions of WWII and its impact on the postwar world history.  Simply the best reader available on this subject.” - \u003ci\u003eMasugi Shimada, Kyoto University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990360801509,"sku":"NP9781444331202","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444331202.jpg?v=1761787511","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-united-states-in-world-war-ii-isbn-9781444331202","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}