Settling Down [electronic resource] : World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus /
Saxe, R.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "The Reception Committee": Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veteran's Return; 2 "The New Generation Offers a Leader": Lt. John F. Kennedy's 1946 Race for Congress; 3 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: The Film Noir Veteran's Quest for Meaning in Postwar America; 4 "Citizens First, Veterans Second": The American Veterans Committee and the Challenge of the Cold War; 5 "The Negro Is No Longer Sleeping": African American Veterans and the Limits of Consensus; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-224) and index.
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.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
American Veterans Committee
America—History.
Military history.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
World War, 1939-1945.
History of the Americas.
History of Military.
US History.
Modern History.
History of World War II and the Holocaust.