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This fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II "place(s) today's myriad social traumas and dislocations in perspective."-George Will, Washington Post
Winner of the New-York Historical Society's Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize
The Second World War exists in the…
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1 author picked The Year of Peril as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book provides a captivating look at America in a year when the outcome of World War II was still in doubt.
I like how this book is organized—one chapter focused on each of the twelve months of 1942. During this pivotal time, Americans struggled to reshape the U.S. economy for war production and transform its relatively small military into a force capable of successfully fighting on two fronts.
From Charles' list on U.S. home front during World War II.
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