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04781aam a22007578i 4500 001 14DAC8BA373911E9B7E2BD1697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190223010048 008 180927s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018045704 020 $a 1250133173 020 $a 9781250133175 035 $a (OCoLC)1031556624 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a D769 $b .K55 2019 082 00 $a 940.53/73 $2 23 100 1 $a Klingaman, William K., $e author. 245 14 $a The darkest year : $b the American home front 1941-1942 / $c William K. Klingaman. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 1902 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c [2019] 300 $a x, 371 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue -- Before Pearl -- Lights out -- An anxious trip -- Holiday wishes -- Cloudy, turning colder -- An unquiet feeling -- The golden west -- Dark tidings, straight, no sugar -- Games of chance -- Borrowed time -- Last call -- End of the beginning -- Epilogue: December 7, 1942. 520 $a "The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman's narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the United States might lose the war. Appeals for unity and declarations of support for the war effort in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor made it appear as though the class hostilities and partisan animosities that had beset the United States for decades -- and grown sharper during the Depression -- suddenly disappeared. They did not, and a deeply divided American society splintered further during 1942 as numerous interest groups sought to turn the wartime emergency to their own advantage. Blunders and repeated displays of incompetence by the Roosevelt administration added to the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that hung over the nation. The Darkest Year focuses on Americans' state of mind not only through what they said, but in the day-to-day details of their behavior. Klingaman blends these psychological effects with the changes the war wrought in American society and culture, including shifts in family roles, race relations, economic pursuits, popular entertainment, education, and the arts."--Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z United States. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 1918-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Social conditions $y 1933-1945. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $y 1918-1945. 650 7 $a Economic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 $a Economics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902116 650 7 $a Manners and customs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815 650 7 $a Psychological aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354086 650 7 $a Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01354981 650 7 $a Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919811 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1918-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 19 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032805.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909053301.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061034.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015717.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20200208013849.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204094041.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110080217.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015610.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20191029010927.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190604033240.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20190423014751.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20190419010953.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20190418011024.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190418010554.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190402024222.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20190323010744.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190306011038.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190301010222.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190227010939.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14DAC8BA373911E9B7E2BD1697128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search