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- Montgomery in the Good War: Portrait of a Southern City, 1939-1946
- Book
- 2000
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
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Montgomery in the Good War is a richly textured account of a southern city and its people during World War II.
Using newspaper accounts, interviews, letters, journals, and his own memory of the time, Wesley Newton reconstructs wartime-era Montgomery, Alabama--a sleepy southern capital that was transformed irreversibly during World War II.
The war affected every segment of Montgomery society: black and white, rich and poor, male and female, those who fought in Europe and the Pacific and those who stayed on the home front. Newton follows Montgomerians chronologically through the war from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima as they experience patriotism, draft and enlistment, rationing, scarcity drives, and the deaths of loved ones. His use of small vignettes based on personal recollections adds drama and poignancy to the story.
Montgomery in the Good War is an important reminder that wars are waged at home as well as abroad and that their impact reverberates well beyond those who fight on the front lines. Those who came of age during the war will recognize themselves in this moving volume. It will also be enlightening to those who have lived in times of relative peace.
Table of Contents
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- Cover Page
- p. 1
- Title Page
- pp. 2-7
- Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xi-xiv
- Introduction - Allen Cronenberg
- pp. xv-xxx
- 2. The Advent of Pearl Harbor
- pp. 25-55
- 4. Montgomerians Head Overseas
- pp. 76-95
- 5. The Emergence of the Home Front
- pp. 96-120
- 7. Life and Death at Home
- pp. 141-167
- 8. OVERLORD and Aftermath
- pp. 168-193
- 9. From the Bulge to Victory in Europe
- pp. 194-222
- 10. The End of the War
- pp. 223-245
- Bibliography
- pp. 297-306
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817384876
Related ISBN(s)
9780817310431, 9780817356323
MARC Record
OCLC
785811723
Pages
352
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2000