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Why we fight : Congress and the politics of World War II
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Why we fight : Congress and the politics of World War II / Nancy Beck Young.
ISBN
9780700619177 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700619178 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c2013.
Physical Description
xiii, 366 pages : ill. ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 30, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-351) and index.
Contents
The world before the war
Bringing home the bacon: Congress and the economics of war
"We'll get down and fight" over resource management
"Congress does have power" over the president
"A lesson to the president": labor legislation
Human rights or human wrongs? Congress, pluralism, and social justice
"The dregs of Europe": a conflicted refugee policy
A "virtual black-out of civil liberties" and the politics of prejudice
"Saving America for Americans": the fascistic origins of the second red scare
Epilogue: the world the war made.
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