Settling Down: World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus by R. S

Description: Settling Down by R. Saxe 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Robert Francis Saxe is an Assistant Professor of History at Rhodes College. Table of Contents The Reception Committee: Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veterans Return * The New Generation Offers a Leader: Lt. John F. Kennedys 1946 Race for Congress * Kiss the Blood Off My Hands : The Film Noir Veterans 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 Review "This well researched, clearly written study deserves an important place on the shelf of books about World War II veterans. Diversity, the author documents, not homogeneity, characterized the sixteen million veterans, a diversity that the emerging Cold War consensus erased. The excellent study iscompelling and convincing." - Keith W. Olson, Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park"Settling Down reminds us that many returning GIs in 1945 were ambivalent both about their military service and their prospects in postwar American society. Far from being greeted as the Greatest Generation, many civilians wanted these returning GIs to quickly lose their veteran identity and meld back into the mainstream. Saxe is best at examining how an emerging Cold War consensus crushed the American Veterans Committee and the limited the efforts of black veterans to challenge the institutional racism that permeated American society. An important addition to the growing body of scholarship examining the veteran experience in American society." - G. Kurt Piehler, Founding Director, (1994-1998) Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II and Director, Center for the Study of War and Society Promotional Springer Book Archives Long Description 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. Review Quote "This well researched, clearly written study deserves an important place on the shelf of books about World War II veterans. Diversity, the author documents, not homogeneity, characterized the sixteen million veterans, a diversity that the emerging Cold War consensus erased. The excellent study iscompelling and convincing." - Keith W. Olson, Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park"Settling Down reminds us that many returning GIs in 1945 were ambivalent both about their military service and their prospects in postwar American society. Far from being greeted as the Greatest Generation, many civilians wanted these returning GIs to quickly lose their veteran identity and meld back into the mainstream. Saxe is best at examining how an emerging Cold War consensus crushed the American Veterans Committee and the limited the efforts of black veterans to challenge the institutional racism that permeated American society. An important addition to the growing body of scholarship examining the veteran experience in American society." - G. Kurt Piehler, Founding Director, (1994-1998) Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II and Director, Center for the Study of War and Society Details ISBN1349370193 Language English Year 2015 ISBN-10 1349370193 ISBN-13 9781349370191 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-11-08 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title SETTLING DOWN 2007/E Media Book DEWEY 973.918 Pages 229 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle World War II Veterans Challenge to the Postwar Consensus Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Author R. Saxe UK Release Date 2015-11-08 AU Release Date 2015-11-08 NZ Release Date 2015-11-08 Illustrations IX, 229 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2007 Alternative 9780230600607 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:135364911;

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