Why am I passionate about this?
I am a historian of the U.S. South. While writing a biography of Mississippi Governor William Winter, I discovered that a factor contributing to his future racial moderation was his service as an instructor of black troops in World War II’s segregated military. While historians have long recognized that WWII changed the region, I wanted to know more about how wartime economic and military mobilization impacted the South and Southerners. I explored some little-known wartime case studies, such as stories about the Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the Bell Bomber Aircraft Plant in Marietta, Georgia, and the Black 364th Infantry Regiment story.
Charles' book list on U.S. home front during World War II
Why did Charles love this book?
Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of our most renowned presidential historians.
In this book, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History, Goodwin provides an engaging dual biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt during World War II. I also found her portrait of American life during the war to be both fascinating and panoramic.
She covers everything from race relations to rationing and labor strikes to women in war industries (and much, much more).
2 authors picked No Ordinary Time as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
A chronicle of the US and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. It narrates the interrelationships between the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House and the destiny of the US, painting a portrait that fills in a historical gap in the story of America under Roosevelt.