Saving private power
Subtitle: the hidden history of the "The Good War"
By: Michael Zezima.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Description: Historian Michael Zezima makes the argument that World War II was not "the good war" that most American people believe it to be by taking aim at what he terms "myths" about the war--such as that WWII was inevitable or that the attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.