Zachary Shore

This Is Not Who We Are (eBook, ePUB)

America's Struggle Between Vengeance and Virtue

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Produktbeschreibung

What kind of country is America? Zachary Shore tackles this polarizing question by spotlighting some of the most morally muddled matters of WWII. Should Japanese Americans be moved from the west coast to prevent sabotage? Should the German people be made to starve as punishment for launching the war? Should America drop atomic bombs to break Japan's will to fight? Surprisingly, despite wartime anger, most Americans and key officials favored mercy over revenge, yet a minority managed to push their punitive policies through. After the war, by feeding the hungry, rebuilding Western Europe and Japan, and airlifting supplies to a blockaded Berlin, America strove to restore the country's humanity, transforming its image in the eyes of the world. A compelling story of the struggle over racism and revenge, This Is Not Who We Are asks crucial questions about the nation's most agonizing divides.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009203432
• Artikelnr.: 70912342

Autorenporträt

Zachary Shore is Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley's Institute of European Studies, and a National Security Visiting Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. He is the author of five previous books, including Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions and A Sense of the Enemy: The High-Stakes History of Reading Your Rival's Mind.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Prologue: The Friendship Train
Introduction: From vengeance to virtue
Part I. Enemies:
1. Concentrate
2. Sabotage
3. Coordinate
4. Cover-Up
5. Disintegrate
6. Collude
7. Deny
8. Maneuver
9. Regret
10. Fallout
11. Reckoning
Part II. Saviors:
12. Rescue
13. Sacrifice
14. Reform
15. Revive
16. Hunger
17. Resurrect
18. Uplift
19. Atone
20. Afterlife
Acknowledgments
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.