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World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9781349370191
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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2015 9781349370191
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This book examines the lost voices of returning World War II veterans in the immediate postwar years and shows how the developing Cold War silenced or altered dissenting opinions that many vets expressed upon their return.

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ISBN13:9781349370191
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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The Reception Committee': Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veteran's Return * 'The New Generation Offers a Leader': Lt. John F. Kennedy's 1946 Race for Congress * Kiss the Blood Off My Hands : The Film Noir Veteran's Quest for Meaning in Postwar America * 'Citizens First, Veterans Second': The American Veterans Committee and the Challenge of the Cold War * 'The Negro Is No Longer Sleeping': African-American Veterans and the Limits of Consensus
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