Double Victory
by Ronald Takaki, Ronald T. Takaki
Race relationsRacismUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
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"Until now, the story of America's role in World War II has been presented primarily through the lives of powerful policymakers and generals, or through the heroism of American soldiers of predominantly European ancestry. Historian Ronald Takaki's multicultural history offers a different perspective. In Double Victory, history is told through the lives of ordinary, ethnically diverse Americans - a Tuskegee pilot wanting to fly and fight for freedom, a Navajo code talker using his native language to transmit battle messages, a Mexican-American woman riveting B-29 bombers in an airplane factory, a Japanese American feeling betrayed by his own government, and a Jewish-American soldier at Buchenwald pressing human ashes into his palm so that he would never forget what he had seen.". "What emerges from Takaki's study is the affirming story of how minorities fought for a "double victory" against fascism abroad and prejudice at home."--BOOK JACKET.
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Race relationsRacismUnited StatesWorld War, 1939-1945World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924Tweede Wereldoorlog
Setting
United States
About the authors
Ronald Takaki
1939
Ronald T. Takaki
1939 – 2009
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