The US Home Front 1941–45
Description
Osprey's examination of the situation on the United States home front during World War II (1939-1945). The outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939 led to cautious attempts to raise volunteer organizations among American men and women, to back the armed forces in the event of the USA becoming directly involved in the conflict. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused a huge surge of patriotic response, and voluntary enlistment in a wide range of auxiliary and civilian support services, as well as the armed forces, swelled vastly. Looking first at the background and general character of wartime life in the States, Alejandro de Quesada covers the main services, providing an interesting comparison with the conditions on the British Home Front and the experiences of other countries caught up in the war, examining organizations from the Red Cross to the Coast Guard. Full-color artwork reconstructions of the uniforms of over a dozen services are a unique feature of this book.
Table of Contents
ENEMY AND HOMEGROWN FASCISM: U-Boats – Japanese shelling, bombing and balloons – the German-American Bund
HOME DEFENSE & PREMILITARY TRAINING: office of Civil Defense – Reserve Officers Training Corps – Civilian Military Training Camps; State Defense Forces
PATRIOTIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS: United Service Organizations – Daughters of the Defenders of the Republic – American Women's Voluntary Services – Bundles for America – National Security Women's Corps – National Women's Council of the Navy League
HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS: American Red Cross – Public Health Service – American Women's Hospitals reserve Corps – Women's Ambulance & Defense Corps of America – Junior American Nurse Inc – American Field Service
MARITIME SERVICES: Army Transport Service – Coast and Geodetic Survey – Merchant Marine – US Coastguard Auxiliary
AERONAUTICAL SERVICES: Air Transport Command – British Flying Training Schools – Civil Air Patrol – Relief Wings Inc – Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron – Women's Airforce Service Pilots
THE WORKFORCE: Civilian Conservation Corps – “Rosie the Riveter”: Women Ordnance Workers – Women's Land Army
CHILDREN AT WAR: Boy & Girl Scouts – Victory Corps
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
PLATE COMMENTARIES
INDEX
Product details
| Published | Feb 19 2008 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 64 |
| ISBN | 9781846032080 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 55 b/w; 8 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Elite |
| Short code | ELI 161 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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