What They Didn't Teach You About World War II (What They Didn't Teach You)

This History Of World War Ii Omits The Endless Lists Of Battles, Dates, And Commanders And Focuses On The Human Side Of The War.--jacket. Greetings: Moments To Remember -- Camp Life: You're In The Army Now -- Now We Begin: Canned Goods Gone Bad -- Women At Home, Women At War: Fighting For The Right To Be Second Class Citizens -- The Children Of War: When Daddy Went Away -- Rationing America: Getting Along With Less -- Rendezvous With Death: Confidence Gained, A Generation Lost -- Names And Faces: A Funny Thing Happened To Me During The War -- Leaders Who Went To War: What Did You Do In The War, Mr. President? -- Kick 'em In The Axis: Mussolini, Hitler, And All Their Jazz -- At War In The Air: Off We Go Into An Even Wilder Blue Yonder -- Weapons Stranger Than Fiction: Is This A Gun I See Before Me? -- Submarines: More Than Just A Sandwich -- Remembering Pearl Harbor: A World Without Peace -- Censorship: Fighting The War In Black And White -- A Big Mac Attack: When An Older Solider [sic] Was Young -- Pows: Prisoner Mine, Prisoner Yours -- Reporters, Writers, And Photographers: Don't Shoot The Messenger -- I Spy, You Spy: The Few, The Proud, The Secret Agents -- Frozen In Time: A Little Bit Of This, Little Bit Of That -- Building The Atomic Bomb: Trinity And Bathtub Row -- Uncle Sam Wants You, Maybe: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Want To Know -- The Crown Jewels Of War: To Rise Up And Fight Again -- The Holocaust: Victims Of War In All Shapes, Sizes, And Religions. Mike Wright. Includes Bibliographical References. This is history unlike any you were taught: no endless lists of battles, dates, and commanders; no bright blue arrows jabbing at bright red arrows on incomprehensible maps. This is the human side of war telling of the young men receiving their "Greetings" notices from the draft board, then settling into weeks of basic training. It is about uniforms that came in only too sizes - too large and too small - and training rifles that looked suspiciously like broomsticks. What They Didn't Teach You ... is about the wives and daughters who signed up - no draftees here - to serve alongside the men, and the women and children who fought to maintain life at home. Here are the stories of movie stars who fought (actor Jimmy Stewart was a bomber pilot) and future presidents who kept their day jobs (Capt. Ronald Reagan made training films.) You learn of the only female American held prisoner of war by the Nazis, and how a group of Navajos devised a code that helped ensure Marine Corps victory at Iwo Jima. This is the rest of the story, a story of the vitality and resilience of human beings, more than the mindless violence of battle. The author of What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War focuses on the resilience and vitality of humankind during World War II, both on the American home front and abroad. IP.