"The Good War"- An Oral History Of World War Two (1985) By Studs Terkel
 
In The Good War Terkel presents the good, the bad, and the ugly memories of World War II from a perspective of forty years after the events. No matter how gruesome the memories are, relatively few of the interviewees said they would have been better off without the experience. It was a central and formative experience in their lives. Although 400,000 Americans perished, the United States itself was not attacked again after Pearl Harbor, the economy grew, and there was a new sense of world power that invigorated the country. Some women and African Americans experienced new freedoms in the post-war society, but the good life after World War II was tarnished by the threat of nuclear war.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Cover
589 Pages
In Fair to Good Condition- Jacket has Tears