Designed to give students a concise exploration of World War II's transformative role in American life, the new edition of Wartime America retains the framework of the original edition with new important focus on topics such as other home fronts, the lives of veterans, coverage of WWII as the Good War, and the concept of "the Greatest Generation."

Preface
Chapter 1: Frameworks and Meanings
Chapter 2: Mobilizing the Economy
Chapter 3: Victory at Home and Abroad
Chapter 4: A Nation on the Move
Chapter 5: New Circumstances, Old Patterns
Chapter 6: "Americans All?"
Chapter 7: "Politics as Usual"
Chapter 8: "Glimpses of War, Visions of Peace"
Chapter 9: Other Home Fronts, Other Experiences
Chapter 10: Epilogue
A Note on Sources
Index
About the Author

John W. Jeffries is Dean Emeritus of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Born in Oxford, Mississippi, he grew up in Annapolis Maryland, earned his B.A. from Harvard and, after five years in the U.S. Navy, his Ph.D. from Yale. In addition to Wartime America, he is author of Testing the Roosevelt Coalition: Connecticut Society and Politics in the Era of World War II; A Third Term for FDR: The Election of 1940; and numerous articles on policy and politics in the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency.