Montgomery in the Good War : Portrait of a Southern City, 1939-1946.

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Montgomery in the Good War is a richly textured account of a southern city and its people during World War II. Using newspaper accounts, interviews, letters, journals, and his own memory of the time, Wesley Newton reconstructs wartime-era Montgomery, Alabama--a sleepy southern capital that was trans...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Newton, Wesley Phillips
Other Authors: Cronenberg, Allen, 1940-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Alabama > Montgomery.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Alabama > Montgomery.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Social aspects.
Social conditions
Montgomery (Ala.) > History > 20th century.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Alabama > Montgomery.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction
  • Allen Cronenberg; 1. The City at the Start of the War; 2. The Advent of Pearl Harbor; 3. The Creation of Citizen Armed Forces; 4. Montgomerians Head Overseas; 5. The Emergence of the Home Front; 6. The Black Community in Montgomery and Abroad; 7. Life and Death at Home; 8. OVERLORD and Aftermath; 9. From the Bulge to Victory in Europe; 10. The End of the War; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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