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Why we fight : Congress and the politics of World War II / Nancy Beck Young.

Author/creator Young, Nancy Beck
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c2013.
Descriptionxiii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents The world before the war -- Bringing home the bacon: Congress and the economics of war -- "We'll get down and fight" over resource management -- "Congress does have power" over the president -- "A lesson to the president": labor legislation -- Human rights or human wrongs? Congress, pluralism, and social justice -- "The dregs of Europe": a conflicted refugee policy -- A "virtual black-out of civil liberties" and the politics of prejudice -- "Saving America for Americans": the fascistic origins of the second red scare -- Epilogue: the world the war made.
Local noteLittle-358972--305131064426Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-351) and index.
LCCN 2012044371
ISBN9780700619177 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0700619178 (cloth : alk. paper)

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