{"product_id":"united-states-and-the-second-world-war","title":"United States and the Second World War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the United States to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory, and war-time planning for the postwar world, but also tackle new inquiries into life on the home front and America's commemoration of one of the most controversial and climatic events of the war-the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. \u003cbr\u003e These outstanding historians cover crucial moments such as:\u003cbr\u003e Franklin D. Roosevelt's pivotal, if at times indecisive, role in leading the United States\u003cbr\u003e The miscalculation of Japanese intentions by American diplomats and the failure of deterrence in preventing war in the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e The experiences and contributions of conscientious objectors to American society in this time of total war\u003cbr\u003e The decision of the United States to fight with an ineffective battle tank at the expense of American lives\u003cbr\u003e The Coast Guard's contribution to the D-Day Landing\u003cbr\u003e How elite foreign policy organizations prior to V-J Day sought to influence American occupation policies regarding Japan \u003cbr\u003e With these essays and much more, \u003ci\u003eThe United States in the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to prove a classic to World War II buffs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257355915608,"sku":"9780823231201","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780823231201.jpg?v=1779510633","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/united-states-and-the-second-world-war","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}