The Best War Ever
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Was World War II really such a "good war"? Popular memory insists that it was, in fact, "the best war ever." After all, we knew who the enemy was, and we understood what we were fighting for. The war was good for the economy. It was liberating for women. A…
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In this book, Adams demonstrates the irony of his book’s title.
While characterizations about World War II as a “good war” flourished for decades after the conflict ended, The Best War Ever punches holes in this narrative. Like all wars, Americans on the battlefield experienced brutality, boredom, atrocities, and life-long trauma. Americans on the home front were never as united at the time as they would later remember.
While myths about World War II continue to circulate in the twenty-first century, Adams shows that they are no longer unchallenged.
From Charles' list on U.S. home front during World War II.
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