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ISBN: HB: 9780300233780

Yale University Press

July 2020

384 pp.

23.4x15.2 cm

25 black&white illus.

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Year of Peril

America in 1942

The Second World War exists in the American historical imagination as a time of unity and optimism. In 1942, however, after a series of defeats in the Pacific and the struggle to establish a beachhead on the European front, America seemed to be on the brink of defeat and was beginning to splinter from within.

Exploring this precarious moment, Tracy Campbell paints a portrait of the deep social, economic, and political fault lines that pitted factions of citizens against each other in the post–Pearl Harbor era, even as the nation mobilized, government-aided industrial infrastructure blossomed, and parents sent their sons off to war. This captivating look at how American society responded to the greatest stress experienced since the Civil War reveals the various ways, both good and bad, that the trauma of 1942 forced Americans to redefine their relationship with democracy in ways that continue to affect us today.

About the Author

Tracy Campbell is professor of history and co-director of the Wendell Ford Public Policy Research Center at the University of Kentucky. He has written three books, including "Short of the Glory: The Fall" and "Redemption of Edward F. Prichard, Jr.".