America in the Forties

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A M E R I C A I N T H E T W E N T I E T H C E N T U R Y John Robert Greene, Series Editor Other titles in America in the Twentieth Century America in the Twenties Ronald Allen Goldberg America in the Fifties Andrew J. Dunar America in the Sixties John Robert Greene America in the Seventies Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer Ronald Allen Goldberg Foreword by John Robert Greene S Y R AC U S E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 12 13 14 15 16 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN (cloth): 978-0-8156-3292-4 ISBN (paper): 978-08156-3265-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Goldberg, Ronald Allen. America in the forties / Ronald Allen Goldberg ; foreword by John Robert Greene. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3292-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-3265-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States—History—1933–1945. 2. United States— History—1945–1953. 3. World War, 1939–1945—United States. 4. United States—Social conditions—1933–1945. 5. United States—Social conditions—1945– 6. Nineteen forties. I. Title. E806.G635 2011 973.91—dc23 2011036927 Manufactured in the United States of America For Kathy and Jeffrey Ronald Allen Goldberg is professor of history at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia. He served as chair of the History Department from 1990 to 2005. He is the author of America in the Twenties, published by Syracuse University Press. He has also written a study of former Virginia senator A. Willis Robertson’s position on the Vietnam War. ...