Settling Down
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Settling Down

World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus

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Settling Down

World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus

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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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Year
2007
ISBN
9780230609273

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 “The Reception Committee”: Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veteran’s Return
  6. 2 “The New Generation Offers a Leader”: Lt. John F. Kennedy’s 1946 Race for Congress
  7. 3 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: The Film Noir Veteran’s Quest for Meaning in Postwar America
  8. 4 “Citizens First, Veterans Second”: The American Veterans Committee and the Challenge of the Cold War
  9. 5 “The Negro Is No Longer Sleeping”: African American Veterans and the Limits of Consensus
  10. Conclusion
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index